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HANSARD Grooming Gangs: Independent InquiryFirst, I reassure the hon. Gentleman that we are not waiting three years until the inquiry’s report to act. We are already doing a lot of work, as I have outlined—such as…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARD Grooming Gangs: Independent InquiryI thank the hon. Lady for her question. Tuesday marked one year since the publication of Baroness Casey’s national audit on group-based child sexual exploitation and abuse. The…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARD Grooming Gangs: Independent InquiryI think we can agree on some of what the hon. Lady has said. She is right that there was institutional blindness. We have seen that in other ways across the state, and not just in…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARD Grooming Gangs: Independent InquiryI am happy to facilitate conversations, but it sounds like my hon. Friend is already having them. As she will know, we are working on police culture. The Hillsborough law and some…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARD Grooming Gangs: Independent InquiryThe inquiry, led by Anne Longfield, will look at previous inquiries and recommendations and bring them all into the inquiry’s remit. I encourage the hon. Lady to sit down and talk…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARD Grooming Gangs: Independent InquiryI see that she has done so already. The hon. Lady’s point about inquiry recommendations is not unreasonable. I recently gave evidence to the Nottingham inquiry which, among other…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARD Grooming Gangs: Independent InquiryMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to highlight the role of victims and the need to be survivor-focused and trauma-informed throughout—that is exactly what the inquiry is focused…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARD Grooming Gangs: Independent InquiryI would be happy to have a conversation with the hon. Gentleman about any information he may have about police forces and what he has heard on that front. It would be very…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARD Grooming Gangs: Independent InquiryThe terms of reference are very wide and very clear. They will look at culture, ethnicity, race and any kind of bias that was in the system. There is a wider question that Louise…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARD Grooming Gangs: Independent InquiryThe hon. Member for Great Yarmouth (Rupert Lowe) has done a piece of work. I welcome the work that he has done, and hope that he will pass on to the police and the inquiry any…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARD Grooming Gangs: Independent InquiryOperation Beaconport is being led by the National Crime Agency, which is the very best of our serious organised crime operators, and we are treating this issue as we would treat…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARD Grooming Gangs: Independent InquiryAs the hon. Gentleman knows, the inquiry is entirely independent, so it is not for us to say where it should lead. I know that the inquiry will shortly announce the first tranche…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARD Grooming Gangs: Independent InquiryMy hon. Friend can be reassured that this inquiry has all the powers it needs to go, without fear or favour, to find the answers we all seek. This issue is too important for us…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARD Grooming Gangs: Independent InquiryAs the hon. Lady says, we have quashed convictions for people under 18 who were tried for prostitution—a very important part of this picture—and Louise Casey is suggesting that we…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARD Grooming Gangs: Independent InquiryAs I have said, the inquiry is independent of the Government, as is right and proper. I suggest he speaks to Anne Longfield, who is leading this work, or her panel. When they make…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARD Grooming Gangs: Independent InquiryI could not agree more with my hon. Friend. We all have a duty to try to use language in a way that does not incite hatred and division. Of course, there are very strong feelings…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARD Grooming Gangs: Independent InquiryI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. On ethnicity, we will legislate in the police reform Bill, which will come before Parliament shortly, to ensure ethnicity is recorded…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARD Abuse of Customer-facing WorkersThank you, Mrs Hobhouse. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. Members might be pleased to know that I probably will not take all the time available to me—perhaps I…17 Jun 2026 · 3d agoHANSARDHigh Street Shops: Illicit ActivityIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this morning, Mr Dowd. I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Halesowen (Alex Ballinger) for securing this excellent…17 Jun 2026 · 3d agoHANSARDHigh Street Shops: Illicit ActivityOh, yes—I forgot to talk about Northern Ireland.17 Jun 2026 · 3d ago