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Leamington Courier

Manuela Perteghella, the MP for Stratford-on-Avon, has called for urgent action to enhance safety measures in nightclubs across the UK following the tragic murder of Cody Fisher, a talented footballer from her constituency.

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00:00Next month marks two years since the death of Cody Fisher, a young man from my constituency

00:08of Stratford-on-Avon. Cody was a talented footballer with a bright future whose life

00:15was tragically cut short when he was stabbed in a nightclub in Birmingham. His mother,

00:22Tracy, has been campaigning tirelessly, in his memory, for legislation which would require

00:28venues to wear bleed kits and metal detectors. In the light of the Government's commitment

00:34to tackling knife crime, will the Prime Minister meet Tracy and me to discuss these vital proposals

00:40to better protect young people like Cody from the devastating impact of knife crime?

00:46I thank the hon. Member for Stratford-on-Avon for raising the tragic case and pay tribute

00:53to Tracy for her campaigning. I have met a number of families on this issue of bleed

00:57kits, so I know first-hand just how important it is. We are taking measures in relation

01:02to knife crime, which includes banning the sale of online knives, making them less available,

01:08and of course taking young people out of offending where we can, and real penalties. I am happy

01:14to look at bleed kits, and I will make sure that she gets a meeting with the relevant

01:18Minister to hear more of what we are doing, but also to make her case.

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