Written questions

Crime and Policing Bill: Offences against Children

Commons · Question 48542 · Tabled 28 Apr 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 6 May 2025

Question

Asked by Alicia Kearns

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what meetings her Ministers have held with (a) religious or faith-based bodies and (b) their representatives on the proposed duty to report child abuse legislation in the Crime and Policing Bill.

Answer

Answered by Jess Phillips, 6 May 2025

Ministers have met with a number of interested Parliamentarians to discuss clauses 45-54 of the Crime and Policing Bill, including a member of the Lords Spiritual. We will continue to engage with faith groups that and other organisations to help them mana...