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	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	First Minister of Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what plans he has to meet the First Minister of Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	21826
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>I met with the First Minister on Wednesday 27 March 2024 and congratulated him on his appointment.</p> answering member constituency Monmouth answering member printed David T C Davies question first answered 17/04/2024 13:00:20 answering member 1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1698070

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2024
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Shoplifting: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) Cabinet colleagues, (b) police forces and (c) businesses in Wales on the incidence of shop theft in Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	20035
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>The UK Government continues to work closely with retail businesses, security representatives, trade associations and policing through the National Retail Crime Steering Group (NRCSG) to ensure the response to crimes, such as shoplifting, is as robust as it can be.</p><p> </p><p>Police Recorded Crime figures show shoplifting offences increased by 32% in the 12 months leading to September 2023 in Wales and England. However, the number of people charged with shoplifting offences in the same period rose by 34%, suggesting that we are now seeing a more robust response.</p><p> </p><p>We have also taken other significant steps to improve the police response to retail crime.</p><p> </p><p>October 2023 saw the publication of the National Police Chiefs’ Council’s Retail Crime Action Plan. The plan includes a commitment to prioritise police attendance at the scene where violence has been used towards shop staff, where an offender has been detained by store security, and where evidence needs to be secured and can only be done by police personnel, showing the Government commitment to tackling this issue. Additionally, where CCTV or other digital images are secured, police will run this through the Police National Database as standard using facial recognition technology to further aid efforts to identify prolific offenders or potentially dangerous individuals.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, October 2023 also saw the launch of Pegasus, a unique private-public partnership that will radically improve the way retailers are able to share intelligence with policing to better understand the tactics used by organised retail crime gangs and identify more offenders. This will include development of a new information-sharing platform and training for retailers.</p> answering member constituency Monmouth answering member printed David T C Davies question first answered 15/04/2024 13:48:26 answering member 1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1696595

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2024
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Territorial Waters: Wales
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had in the past 12 months with Welsh Ministers on issues relating to the trawling of the sea bed for rare minerals within territorial waters of the Welsh coast.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL3352
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>UK Government Ministers have regular discussions with Welsh Government Ministers on a wide range of issues. In addition, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs engages regularly at official level with the Welsh Government on areas of shared interest, including marine licensing.</p><p>The licensing regime for mineral extraction from the seabed within Welsh waters is a devolved matter for the Welsh Government, and therefore the responsibility of Natural Resources Wales (NRW).</p> answering member printed Lord Harlech question first answered 27/03/2024 11:35:48 answering member 4928 label Biography information for Lord Harlech
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley