Child Sexual Exploitation: Grooming Gangs Debate

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Child Sexual Exploitation: Grooming Gangs

Baroness Barker Excerpts
Thursday 18th October 2018

(6 years ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Manzoor Portrait Baroness Manzoor
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My Lords, as I have said, we must look at the perpetrators and understand the characteristics. On 3 September, the Home Office tasked a working group to look at what characteristics are involved. However, the issue is the vulnerability of people, rather than race or community. It is right that we offer the appropriate training and advice in those areas, and encourage community leaders to engage with this.

Baroness Barker Portrait Baroness Barker (LD)
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My Lords, will the noble Baroness tell the House what guidance all faith organisations can access to allow them to identify instances of coercive control and to report that offence to the relevant authorities?