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Debate between Andrew Snowden and Bob Blackman
Thursday 4th September 2025

(1 month, 3 weeks ago)

Commons Chamber
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Andrew Snowden Portrait Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde) (Con)
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2. What steps the Crown Prosecution Service is taking to prosecute people for grooming gang offences.

Bob Blackman Portrait Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con)
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11. What steps the Crown Prosecution Service is taking to prosecute people for grooming gang offences.

Lucy Rigby Portrait The Solicitor General
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The grooming and sexual exploitation of young girls in this country is nothing short of sickening, and the Government are doing everything in our power to secure justice for the victims and protect children from further harm. The Crown Prosecution Service has significantly increased prosecutions for child sex offences and recently secured convictions against three offenders for truly hideous crimes going back to 1999.