Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Richard Younger-Ross (Liberal Democrat), on Thursday, 28 October 2004, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 83 members in total.

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VIOLENCE AGAINST SHOP WORKERS

That this House notes that over 800,000 cases of abuse were reported between 1995 and 2001 against shopworkers; compliments USDAW for highlighting this issue; and calls upon the Government to work with the employers and unions to raise awareness of the levels of violence and abuse, to make the workplace safer, to make retail crime a police key performance indicator, to promote Safer Shopping Partnerships and to improve the Criminal Injuries Compensation scheme.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1842 

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Abuse Staff Shops Violence

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk