Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Richard Younger-Ross (Liberal Democrat), on Monday, 6 December 2004, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 53 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 shop workers; compliments the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW) for highlighting the issue; and calls upon the Government to work with employers and unions to raise awareness of the levels of violence, 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

292 

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Crimes of violence Staff Shops

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk