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HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation and AbuseThe hon. Lady rightly raises an important point that was first raised as part of the Jay inquiry, more than 10 years ago, and then by the Casey inquiry, and she is right that we…06 Jan 2025HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation and AbuseMy hon. Friend is right that we need action, and we need to see progress and change. Further areas will need investigations and inquiries. For example, I welcome the Select…06 Jan 2025HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation and AbuseThe hon. Gentleman is right to refer to the Online Safety Act, which took longer to come into force than I would have wished, but it is now being implemented. That means new…06 Jan 2025HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation and AbuseWe need to take forward the work on the inquiry, with victims and survivors, on a continuing basis. I would also highlight that there are some areas that will need to go well…06 Jan 2025HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation and AbuseChild sexual abuse and exploitation are the most vile and horrific of crimes, involving rape, violence, coercive control, intimidation, manipulation and deep long-term harm. The…06 Jan 2025HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation and AbuseThis is an issue on which I worked with Government Ministers when I was shadow Home Secretary and when I was Chair of the Home Affairs Committee, and there has been cross-party…06 Jan 2025HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation and AbuseI join my hon. Friend in paying tribute to her constituent, and to the more than 7,000 victims and survivors who gave evidence to the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse…06 Jan 2025HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation and AbuseAppalling crimes have taken place against children in Bradford, Keighley and across the country—truly appalling crimes. All of us have to face up to the fact that child sexual…06 Jan 2025HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation and AbuseWe need to make sure that young people and children are being protected. These are vile crimes against children. Across the country we have seen young girls, teenagers and young…06 Jan 2025HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation and AbuseI thank the hon. Member for speaking out about his personal experiences. I realise that is never an easy thing to do, and I respect him for doing it. As he says, there are all…06 Jan 2025HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation and AbuseI welcome the work my hon. Friend has done in this policy area. He is right to talk about young people and children being trafficked around the country. There is some concerning…06 Jan 2025HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation and AbuseOne of the points that the independent inquiry made was about the broad nature of this abuse and the way in which it can be found anywhere. When we have half a million children…06 Jan 2025HANSARDPreventing RadicalisationToday I can update the House on the initial steps arising from the counter-extremism sprint initiated by the Government in July, designed to ensure that the UK’s strategies and…17 Dec 2024HANSARDBorder Security: CollaborationThe right hon. Member will know that the Home Office has the power to deny entry to those who are not conducive to the public good. Those are important powers that we continue to…11 Dec 2024HANSARDBorder Security: CollaborationThe hon. Gentleman makes an important point about the continuing instability. There is a lot that we simply do not know about how events will play out in Syria. Those who have…11 Dec 2024HANSARDBorder Security: CollaborationPeople clearly want to see practical changes on the ground, which is why the partnership working we have been taking forward—not just with France but with Belgium, the…11 Dec 2024HANSARDBorder Security: CollaborationWith permission, Mr Speaker, I will make a statement on the new border security agreements we have reached with Germany and with the Calais group of Interior Ministers from the…11 Dec 2024HANSARDBorder Security: CollaborationThe right hon. Gentleman makes a really important point about the work upstream. We did include interior Ministers from north Africa as part of the G7 discussions in Italy in…11 Dec 2024HANSARDBorder Security: CollaborationWe have been clear that we need to reduce both legal and illegal migration because we have seen significant increases in both over the past five years. That is why we are setting…11 Dec 2024HANSARDBorder Security: CollaborationThe hon. Member will be aware that we have long had a common travel area across the UK and Ireland, which of course has meant close security co-operation and information-sharing…11 Dec 2024