BBC'S POLICE PROTECTING CHILDREN SERIES

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That this House welcomes the BBC's Police Protecting Children series which began broadcasting on BBC2 on 23rd March; notes that the programmes are the result of 18 months filming by the team behind the award-winning documentary The Hunt for Britain's Paedophiles and give a unique insight into the world of a new major investigation team set up to investigate serious crimes against children including neglect, cruelty, shaken babies, rape and murder; notes that in the last 20 years, there has been a massive increase in crimes involving images of children being sexually abused and that the success of the internet is generating a huge workload for the police investigating paedophilia; notes that this is a dark and difficult subject that needs to be confronted; and congratulates the producers for raising the difficulties and challenges faced in this brave, thought-provoking and important documentary series.