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Member

Speaking in the House of Commons on 27 October 2025

Debate

Victims and Courts Bill

Contribution

This would require the court to make an order restricting parental responsibility in all cases where an offender is sentenced to a relevant sentence for a serious sexual offence against a child. The duty would no longer be limited to cases where the offender had parental responsibility for the victim.

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