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HANSARD Tackling Child Sexual AbuseSpecifically on victims of grooming, we will set out the commissioning for the new service across England and Wales for the independent child trafficking guardians, as I said in…08 Apr 2025HANSARD Tackling Child Sexual AbuseWe have had discussions with our Scottish counterparts on some of the legislation that we are currently passing, including the legislation on child sexual abuse online, artificial…08 Apr 2025HANSARD Tackling Child Sexual AbuseThe hon. Lady makes a good point, because for the victims I have worked with over the years, it is a life sentence; it is not something that goes away. That is one of the reasons…08 Apr 2025HANSARD Tackling Child Sexual AbuseAbsolutely nobody is stopping me from pushing for more, as I am sure all my ministerial colleagues would tell the hon. Lady, having been in meetings with me. I think this is about…08 Apr 2025HANSARD Tackling Child Sexual AbuseThe right hon. and learned Gentleman makes a really good point. The legal process is a forgotten part of the system; having worked for many years with Nazir Afzal, for example,…08 Apr 2025HANSARD Tackling Child Sexual AbuseUnfortunately, what has been lost in that time is the ability to hold people to account. Even if, in a statutory inquiry, information was found out, for example about councillors,…08 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Seventh sitting)Could the hon. Lady give us an example of the sort of case she is concerned about?08 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Eighth sitting)The duty to report will apply to the police in a slightly different way, as they are both a category of reporter and a potential recipient of reports under the duty. There are…08 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Eighth sitting)I thank the hon. Lady for her support. Question put and agreed to. Clause 52 accordingly ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clause 53 Modification of Chapter for constables…08 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Seventh sitting)I understand the premise of witness protection and the clause that is in the Government Bill. The hon. Lady has raised a concern about witness protection being used to affect the…08 Apr 2025HANSARD Tackling Child Sexual AbuseFirst and foremost, I pay the hon. Gentleman absolute credit. For years, he has spoken up about this issue—I am actually surprised that we have not had closer conversations. I…08 Apr 2025HANSARD Tackling Child Sexual AbuseI thank the hon. Lady for her comments and the hon. Member for Twickenham (Munira Wilson) for her work in this area. I am always keen to encourage cross-party work on these…08 Apr 2025HANSARD Tackling Child Sexual AbuseI thank the hon. Lady; I think it is a shame that she referred to only one sort of child abuse victim, when the statement is clearly about all child abuse victims. There should be…08 Apr 2025HANSARD Tackling Child Sexual AbuseI have enjoyed working with my hon. Friend, and other people in Rochdale, over the years on these issues. I hope that places like Rochdale, where there have already been…08 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Eighth sitting)I do not ask this to catch out the hon. Gentleman, but has he read either of the two independent inquiries specifically into Rotherham? One was written by Alexis Jay and the other…08 Apr 2025HANSARD Tackling Child Sexual AbuseAbsolutely. Some of the changes that the right hon. Gentleman will read about in the documents that will be published subsequently concern that exact issue of an apology, and the…08 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Eighth sitting)I will first answer the hon. Lady’s question about how Border Force officers will decide what reasonable grounds of suspicion are. Officers will rely on various indicators of…08 Apr 2025HANSARD Tackling Child Sexual AbuseIn answer to my hon. Friend’s first question, at the beginning of next month, we will publish exactly how local panels can be set up and the work that can happen in local…08 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Seventh sitting)I am pleased that the hon. Lady supports the measure, and that there has been a change of heart, as has been pointed out, on the Opposition Front Bench. Although they are not in…08 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Seventh sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Lewell. Clause 36 criminalises artificial intelligence image generators used by offenders to create the most severe child abuse…08 Apr 2025