Written questions

Prostitution: Washington and Gateshead South

Commons · Question 7722 · Tabled 8 Oct 2024 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 16 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Sharon Hodgson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the scale of commercial sexual exploitation in Washington and Gateshead South constituency.

Answer

Answered by Jess Phillips, 16 Oct 2024

The trafficking of women and girls for sexual exploitation is a truly horrific crime. This Government has committed to halve violence against women and girls in a decade, and will use every lever available to deliver this. We must ensure law enforcement r...