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Main evidence session of the Home Affairs Committee on how serious and organised crime affects local neighbourhoods, with a particular focus on rural crime.

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Home Affairs Committee — Impact of serious and organised crime on local neighbourhoods (rural crime focus)

12:22

Opening statements

12:22

Chair — introduction of session and first panel

12:22

Dr Kreseda Smith — self-introduction

13:11

Robyn Munt — self-introduction

13:18

Dr Kate Tudor — self-introduction

13:27

Chair — introduction of first questioner

13:32

Scale, nature and policing of serious and organised rural crime

13:36

Question of Ben Maguire MP on trends and scale of rural and organised crime

13:36

Question of Ben Maguire MP on improving rural crime statistics and recording

20:05

Question of Ben Maguire MP on best practice in tackling serious and organised rural crime

21:28

Impacts of rural crime on farming businesses and communities

24:15

Robyn Munt — impacts of machinery theft on family life and food production

24:15

Scale, nature and policing of serious and organised rural crime (cont.)

24:57

Dr Kate Tudor — organised crime as a violence enhancer in isolated rural areas

24:57

Question on whether police leaders take rural serious and organised crime seriously enough

25:53

Questions on the role of neighbourhood policing and technology in rural areas

29:17

Questions on improving trust and relationships between farmers and the police

33:25

Question on using community first responders and tailored local approaches

36:53

Question of Peter Prinsley MP on visible rural police stations and local models

39:31

County lines and drug-related rural crime in rural areas

41:04

Questions of Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP on how county lines operate in rural areas and their impacts

41:04

Question of Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP on policing strategies against county lines in rural areas

44:02

Robyn Munt — impacts of wildlife crime linked to county lines on farmers

45:04

Dr Kreseda Smith — county lines in rural areas as exporting as well as importing locations

46:34

Question of Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP on effectiveness of national intensification weeks on county lines

47:45

Question of Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP on licensed cannabis growing and its impact on county lines

48:43

Regional organised crime units and rural organised crime

50:38

Questions of Robbie Moore MP on effectiveness and drawbacks of ROCUs and intelligence sharing

50:38

Questions of Robbie Moore MP on confidence and police and crime plans for rural crime

58:03

Police reform, force structures and rural crime

01:02:35

Questions of Robbie Moore MP on the police reform white paper and impact of larger forces on rural crime

01:02:35

Question of Ben Maguire MP on county lines cooperation versus larger police forces

01:08:18

Rt Hon Dame Karen Bradley MP — concerns about large-force reform and rural oversight

01:10:35

Second panel — Police and crime commissioners and national rural crime lead

01:15:40

Opening statements (second panel)

01:15:40

David Allen — introduction

01:15:40

Donna Jones — introduction

01:16:14

Andy Huddleston — introduction

01:16:41

National prioritisation and resourcing of rural serious and organised crime

01:16:59

Question of Peter Prinsley MP on prioritising rural crime and key challenges

01:16:59

Question of Peter Prinsley MP on rural versus urban policing resources and use of ROCUs

01:21:37

Donna Jones — exploiting technology and community volunteers in rural policing

01:24:41

David Allen — farmer cooperation, joint operations and technology in Cumbria

01:26:54

Andy Huddleston — beyond policing: farm security, manufacturers and legislation

01:27:54

Question of Peter Prinsley MP on security weaknesses in farm machinery and quad bikes

01:29:55

Domestic abuse in rural communities and underreporting

01:30:52

Question of Peter Prinsley MP on underreported domestic violence in rural areas

01:30:52

National prioritisation and resourcing of rural serious and organised crime (cont.)

01:34:22

Question of Rt Hon Dame Karen Bradley MP on prioritising rural crime amid urban pressures

01:34:22

Question of Ben Maguire MP on impact of reopening rural police front desks

01:37:21

Question of Peter Prinsley MP on investing in investigation versus visible policing and prevention

01:38:25

David Allen — investing in prevention, neighbourhood policing and youth projects

01:40:00

Andy Huddleston — rural watch schemes, WhatsApp groups and community intelligence

01:41:42

Drugs, county lines and organised crime markets in rural areas (second panel)

01:42:56

Question of Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP on rural drug strategy and differences from wider approaches

01:42:56

Training rural officers to detect hidden harms and specialist rural offences

01:52:28

Question of Rt Hon Dame Karen Bradley MP on training officers to spot trafficking, slavery and drug activity

01:52:28

National prioritisation and resourcing of rural serious and organised crime (cont.)

01:55:58

Question of Peter Prinsley MP on using seized criminal assets to fund policing

01:55:58

Waste crime and fly-tipping in rural areas

01:56:54

Question of Peter Prinsley MP on effectiveness of policing and strategies against waste crime and fly-tipping

01:56:54

Partnership working with industry and rural communities

02:03:27

Question of Ben Maguire MP on partnership working with industry and implementation of the Equipment Theft Prevention Act

02:03:27

Clear, Hold, Build model in rural versus urban settings

02:10:03

Question of Rt Hon Dame Karen Bradley MP on using the Clear, Hold, Build model in rural areas

02:10:03

Scale, nature and policing of serious and organised rural crime (cont.)

02:12:07

Police reform, force structures and rural crime (cont.)

02:12:07

Question of Rt Hon Dame Karen Bradley MP on policing reform and tackling rural organised crime

02:12:07

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Home Affairs Committee

13 October 2026

Committee Tue, 13 Oct 2026 Actual start 14:15 House of Commons

12:21 - 13:11

Speaker 1

Order, order.

Can I welcome our first panel today on this evidence session that we're doing on our inquiry on the impact of serious and organised crime on local neighbourhoods with a focus today on rural crime, which as an MP representing a rural constituency I'm very interested in, as you can imagine. We've had some really interesting evidence sessions so far and really learned about the way that organised criminality is invading the high street and the way that the high street is being used to allow for a multitude of criminal activity behind blocked out windows and behind counters etc. So it's been very interesting, but really keen to hear about the impact on rural crime. I'm going to let the first set of panelists introduce themselves and then we'll go into questions. Can we start with you, Dr. Smith?

13:11 - 13:18

Speaker 3

Thank you. Dr. Kreseda Smith, Associate Professor in Rural Criminology and Social Science at Harper Adams University.

13:18 - 13:26

Speaker 4

Robyn Munt, Vice President of the National Farmers Union, represent 42,000 farming members and also a farmer myself on the Isle of Wight and Worcestershire.

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