Oral Question·Department of Health and Social Care
“What steps his Department is taking to support the effective discharge of patients from hospital during the covid-19 outbreak.”
Tabled: 12 January 2022Answered: 18 January 2022
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
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.