“What steps he is taking to ensure that investment in renewable energy contributes to the achievement of the 1.5 degrees centigrade global warming limit set out in the Paris Climate Change Agreement.”
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.