The Education Secretary has mentioned it’s “absolutely sad” to push for a brand new nationwide inquiry into grooming gangs by blocking progress on a invoice geared toward boosting youngster safety.
Bridget Phillipson instructed BBC Radio 4's Today program that Tory plans to amend the Child Wellbeing and Schools Bill would “completely destroy it”.
He mentioned this was “the largest share of law-protecting children in a generation”, which conservatives wished to dam “at the altar of political opportunism”.
The Conservatives have joined Elon Musk's name for a brand new UK-wide investigation into youngster sexual abuse, regardless of a wider unbiased inquiry set to finish its work in 2022.
The Conservatives will desk an modification to the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill on Wednesday, which is predicted to ask ministers to arrange a “national statutory inquiry into historical child sexual abuse, focused on grooming gangs”.
This modification is unlikely to obtain majority assist within the Commons, because the Government needs to implement the suggestions of the inquiry led by Professor Alexis Jay reasonably than launch a brand new inquiry.
The non-binding modification additionally calls on the Commons to dam progress on the invoice, which incorporates measures geared toward selling the safety of youngsters.
Phillipson mentioned the federal government supported native investigations into framing the gangs and mentioned the controversy had “lost sight” of victims, demanding a brand new nationwide inquiry.
With inputs from BBC
