Written Question·Home Office·UIN 2587
Exploitation: Children
Tabled: 30 July 2024
Answered: 3 September 2024
Question
Steve Darling
Liberal Democrat — Torbay
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to criminalise the act of exploiting children for criminal purposes.
Answer
Jess PhillipsThe Government is committed to preventing young people being lured into crime, drugs, and criminal gangs. We will deliver on our Manifesto commitment and will bring forward measures to strengthen the law to tackle child criminal exploitation.