DISTRACTION BURGLARIES

Early day motion 2588, tabled 11 January 2012 by Jim Shannon (DUP). Signed by 12 members.

That this House notes the rise of so-called distraction burglaries on vulnerable elderly people; expresses condemnation on those who would carry out these attacks; calls on the police forces in each region to implement a strategy which highlights these types of burglaries and ensures that elderly people are aware of the protocol for letting people into their home; and further calls for much tougher sentencing of those who are caught and found guilty of this disgraceful type of crime.

Signatures by party: DUP 6, Labour 3, Conservative 1, Liberal Democrat 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.