Member

I know that the Government are well aware of the pernicious nature of the criminal exploitation of children. I hope they will think about this additional measure, which is solely around protecting the child, while at the same time trying to identify and take action against the exploiter, which are the rest of the areas covered in the Bill. I am not naive enough to think we can cover everything in legislation—I sometimes sit on these Benches and hear other noble Lords whose lives are about legislation, and think, “Come on”. In the real world, it depends on people, how they see what is going on and what they understand is possible or not possible. I just hope that this would be another tool in the hands of agencies to protect children and make life for the exploiters much more difficult. I beg to move.