Mobile phone theft

Early day motion 693, tabled 24 January 2025 by Dawn Butler (Labour). Signed by 37 members.

That this House notes with concern that an estimated 78,000 people had phones or bags snatched from them in Britain in the year to March 2024; further notes that this represented a 153% rise when compared to the year to March 2023; acknowledges that 70% of all thefts in London are specifically related to mobile phones; recognises concerns that it is currently too easy to re-register mobile devices to new individuals; and calls on leading phone companies to do more to work with the police to design methods to discourage phone theft.

Signatures by party: Labour 19, Independent 6, Green 3, Liberal Democrat 3, DUP 2, Alliance 1, Conservative 1, Labour/Co-operative 1, UUP 1.