questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle (a) verbal and (b) physical abuse of shopkeepers and retail staff.
answerText: Violent and abusive behaviour towards any worker, particularly those who provide a valuable service to the public, is never acceptable and the Government takes this issue very seriously.We have introduced a statutory aggravating factor for assault against...
heading: Retail Trade: Crimes of Violence