Child Rape Gangs Debate

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Child Rape Gangs

Lee Anderson Excerpts
Monday 28th April 2025

(1 day, 22 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Jess Phillips Portrait Jess Phillips
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I agree with every one of the asks of that sexual assault referral centre. I am working closely with the Under-Secretary of State for Justice, my hon. Friend the Member for Pontypridd (Alex Davies-Jones), to try to do all those things. Unfortunately, we cannot mend a very broken system overnight. It is very important for me to say, though, that the cases of grooming gangs that I have come across are horrible—some of the worst I have ever seen—yet sometimes we forget how harrowing it is for children who have been raped by their fathers, their stepfathers or people in children’s institutions. There is no hierarchy; they all deserve our love, care and dedication to taking action for them.

Lee Anderson Portrait Lee Anderson (Ashfield) (Reform)
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Thousands of young, white, British working-class girls have been raped, tortured and abused by Pakistani grooming gangs, yet the Minister refuses to support a full national public inquiry. What I want to know is: is she part of the cover-up?

None Portrait Hon. Members
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Shame!