An MP has tabled a Bill in parliament calling for action to tackle organised freight crime, writes Carol Millett
The Bill forms part of the MP’s campaign to tackle an epidemic of theft impacting the freight and logistics industry was tabled by Labour MP for North Warwickshire and Bedworth Rachel Taylor.
The Bill forms part of the MP’s campaign to tackle an epidemic of theft impacting the freight and logistics industry.
The sector employs 19% of workers in her North Warwickshire and Bedworth constituency and indirectly supports thousands more local jobs.
The Bill is a Ten-Minute Rule Bill, a type of Bill used by backbench MPs to bring attention to issues of importance to them.
It is being supported by local haulage businesses in North Warwickshire and Bedworth, and by the Road Haulage Association (RHA).
Taylor’s Bill calls on the government to introduce a specific crime code for freight crime, something the police and the freight industry say would make a huge difference in helping them tackle the issue.
Without a specific crime code, large-scale thefts of freight goods are often categorised in the same way as thefts from personal vehicles, hindering the ability of the police to track and ultimately catch freight criminals.
