Liz Jarvis MP raises Chandler’s Ford incident at PMQs

Ms Jarvis raised the incident and the issue of treating violent crime as a public health emergency at Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday.  

Cabinet minister the Rt Hon Louise Haigh MP, responding in Andy Burnham’s absence, offered Ms Jarvis a ministerial meeting to discuss the issue.

Liz Jarvis MP for Eastleigh said: 

“My thoughts remain with the victims of the terrible incident in Chandler’s Ford, their families, and friends. 

“The Government must treat this kind of violent crime as a public health emergency, which is why I raised it at PMQs. 

“Following the murder of Henry Nowak I asked Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood what the Government is doing to get dangerous knives off our streets. 

“Yesterday the Minister told me the Government target is to halve knife crime in the next decade. I don’t believe that target is anywhere near ambitious enough, and I will keep pushing on this issue.”