Crime and Policing Bill: Offences against Children
Commons · Question 48544 · 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, whether the proposed duty to report child abuse in the Crime and Policing Bill would apply to disclosures made in religious confessionals.
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...