Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Brian Leishman and Bridget Phillipson

Wednesday 5th February 2025 Commons Chamber

[Bridget Phillipson]

My hon. Friend mentions a vital area. There is an important role for youth services as part of this, but we also need to do much more around safeguarding. The provisions in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill on multi-agency child protection measures and much more besides, and the additional investment that we are putting into the system around children’s social care, will make a real difference in tackling the unacceptable exploitation that sadly blights the lives of too many children across our country.

[Brian Leishman (Alloa and Grangemouth) (Lab)]

4. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to implement the findings of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman report on women’s state pension age.