Matt Vickers

Matt Vickers

Conservative — Stockton West

Speaking in the House of Commons on 24 February 2025

Debate

Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking

Contribution

Fiona from Bradford was failed numerous times by social services and local police after suffering horrific sexual abuse at the hands of gangs of men while in a care home. Bradford’s local authority has shamefully sought to block a local inquiry into the issue. In Fiona’s own words: “The Government can’t just leave it down to the local councils to decide if they’re going to be investigated, they’re going to have to enforce it.” Will the Home Secretary reconsider a statutory inquiry into grooming gangs? If not, how will she guarantee that cases like that can never be allowed to happen again?

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