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Lord Paddick (Non-Afl)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 20 January 2025

Debate

Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse

Contribution

My Lords, to what extent are these failings the result of victims of child exploitation and abuse not being believed? With the case of Jimmy Savile, for example, we saw that victims were not believed by the police. There is a lot of emphasis on the ethnicity of the perpetrators, but would the Minister agree that there is not enough emphasis on the police not believing victims because of their background, age and lack of education?

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