Oral Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
“What recent assessment he has made of the ability of local authorities to discharge their statutory responsibilities to vulnerable children.”
Tabled: 22 January 2019Answered: 28 January 2019
Asked by
Neil Coyle
Labour — Bermondsey and Old Southwark
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Answer from Hansard
Darren Jones
As I have said from the Dispatch Box, the victims of Jeffrey Epstein want to see justice. A criminal investigation by the police is under way, and it is right that the House does not interfere with that process and works with the Metropolitan police to allow them to undertake their work.