Offences against Children: Sentencing
Commons · Question 21680 · Tabled 3 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Alicia Kearns
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to make being (a) the leader of and (b) involved in a grooming gang a statutory aggravating factor during sentencing.
Answer
Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin, 8 Jan 2025
Child sexual abuse and exploitation are the most vile and horrific of crimes - involving rape, violence, coercive control, intimidation, manipulation, and deep long-term harm.That is why this Government is determined to act - strengthening the law, taking...