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...