Disgusting

[victor]

364 MP's of which the vast majority are labour have voted AGAINST a public enquiry into the child abuse scandal.
I hope this is remembered by their constituents in the next election

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[Workingman]

That vote was on the 8th of January 2025 and it was against a Tory amendment to the Government's Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill. Had the amendment passed it would have killed the bill because it was not part of the original remit, that's why it was voted down. That bill will now pass given Labour's majority.

However, Labour also recognised the requirement for a national public inquiry and more new laws aimed at grooming and gangs and child sexual exploitation and it has just announced what is proposed to be done. They are:

*New laws "to protect children and support victims" so they are no longer "blamed" for crimes committed against them;

*New police operations to pursue perpetrators;

*A national public inquiry to "direct local investigations and hold institutions to account for past failures";

*New ethnicity data and research to "face up to the facts on exploitation and abuse";

*"New action" in social services for children to identify those at risk";

*More action to support child victims of abuse and "to tackle new forms of exploitation and abuse".

The failure of the Tory amendment has actually brought in more laws and measures to combat the gangs and it will also bring in a new National Public Inquiry that will be more comprehensive than the one in the Tory amendment.

What is proposed will also be far more effective than the local ones carried out in places such as Oldham, Bradford, Rotherham and Telford.