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Report of the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation on the operation in 2023 of the Terrorism Acts

Written Ministerial Statements

In accordance with section 36 of the Terrorism Act 2006, Jonathan Hall KC, the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, has prepared a report on the operation in 2023 of the Terrorism Acts,...

Grooming Gangs: Independent Inquiry

Commons debates

There is only one statutory inquiry, and that is the one that this Government have initiated, the chair and panel of which I have announced today. If the hon. Member has collected evidence under...

Grooming Gangs: Independent Inquiry

Commons debates

Let me provide the hon. Member with reassurance. First, Operation Beaconport is up and running, and that involves the National Crime Agency’s work to take a fresh look at what have been...

Grooming Gangs: Independent Inquiry

Commons debates

It is an independent inquiry, so there should be, and will be, some necessary limits on my engagement with the chair and the panel. As it is an independent inquiry, they will go wherever the...

Grooming Gangs: Independent Inquiry

Commons debates

I hear the force with which the point is made. I have a lot of sympathy with what the hon. Member and my colleagues from Scotland have said on how grooming gangs do not respect boundaries. That...

Grooming Gangs: Independent Inquiry

Commons debates

Let me pay tribute to my hon. Friend and the work that he has done on taxi regulation. I will happily ensure that we keep discussing with him the measures that we are bringing forward. Let me...

Grooming Gangs: Independent Inquiry

Commons debates

Let me say to him first that no local authority, whichever one it is, will be able to resist a local investigation if that is what the chair and the panellists wish to occur. Once they are under...

Grooming Gangs: Independent Inquiry

Commons debates

Let me say yes to my hon. Friend on both those counts and give him the reassurance that he has sought. It is the case that as new information or evidence comes to light, the inquiry will be able...

Grooming Gangs: Independent Inquiry

Commons debates

Let me immediately right the wrong of Ann not having the recognition that she deserves and pay fulsome tribute to the work that she did in exposing not just the crimes themselves but the state...

Grooming Gangs: Independent Inquiry

Commons debates

Let me give her that reassurance, and I hope that the progress the Government are making on implementing previous recommendations gives her and others some more of that reassurance. In the end,...

Grooming Gangs: Independent Inquiry

Commons debates

First, the Minister for Safeguarding will happily talk to anyone, anywhere and under any auspices about the need for justice for victims and survivors of these heinous crimes. Let me just say to...

Grooming Gangs: Independent Inquiry

Commons debates

I believe my hon. Friend has already met the Minister for Safeguarding, but she has just told me that she is happy to meet him again. I am sure that that meeting will take place as quickly as...

Grooming Gangs: Independent Inquiry

Commons debates

The hon. Member has made a strong and powerful case for the inclusion of Bradford and Keighley in the inquiry as one of the areas for a local investigation. I hope he will understand why I will...

Grooming Gangs: Independent Inquiry

Commons debates

My hon. Friend is right about the need for victims and survivors to be at the heart of the process; that is clear from the draft terms of reference. To begin with, the chair and the panel...

Grooming Gangs: Independent Inquiry

Commons debates

I thank the right hon. Member for his questions. I have heard much the same complaint from Asian men in my constituency who are not Muslim or of Pakistani heritage but are of Asian...

Grooming Gangs: Independent Inquiry

Commons debates

Matters pertaining to local authorities and police forces are, of course, devolved, so a large part of the inquiry is necessarily only on devolved territory, but it will make national...

Grooming Gangs: Independent Inquiry

Commons debates

On the hon. Lady’s second point, let me provide reassurance that the data is to keep children safe. We have a duty to children in our country, and the recommendation on data sharing was...

Grooming Gangs: Independent Inquiry

Commons debates

I am sure that the chair and panel have heard my hon. Friend’s request that they visit the area. She will understand that I will not speak for the chair and the panel members, but I know...

Grooming Gangs: Independent Inquiry

Commons debates

It is difficult to find oneself the spokesperson for billions of people around the world, but let me respond to the right hon. Gentleman from my personal perspective, based on my constituency...

Grooming Gangs: Independent Inquiry

Commons debates

My hon. Friend is absolutely right, and I strongly endorse every point he just made. There will be no place to hide for those who hurt these girls, those who let them down, and those who allowed...