Oral Question·Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
“What plans he has to promote a green recovery from the Covid-19 outbreak.”
Tabled: 15 July 2020Answered: 21 July 2020
Asked by
Tonia Antoniazzi
Labour — Gower
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Answer from Hansard
The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Shabana Mahmood)
The sexual exploitation and rape of children by grooming gangs is one of the darkest moments in this country’s recent history. In the Crime and Policing Bill, we have made grooming a statutory aggravating factor in sentencing for child sexual offences, and we have accepted all of Baroness Casey’s recommendations, including changing the criminal law to ensure that adults who penetrate children under 16 are charged with rape.