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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 9 June 2025
Debate
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillContribution
In March 2020, the Office for National Statistics estimated that 3.1 million adults in England and Wales have experienced sexual abuse before the age of 16. In October 2022, IICSA estimated that more than one in six girls and one in 20 boys are being sexually abused in the UK every year. On average, it takes victims 26 years to disclose abuse. The Local Government Association estimates that only one in three children who were sexually abused by an adult told someone.
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