A proposed national inquiry into grooming gangs faced defeat in the House of Commons as MPs voted against the amendment. The vote, largely attributed to Labour's majority, sparked debate and criticism regarding the government's approach to addressing child sexual exploitation.
An amendment to hold a national inquiry into grooming gangs was rejected by MPs in a vote in the House of Commons. MPs voted by 364 votes to 111, a majority of 253, against the amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, in result widely expected due to Labour’s majority.
The division list showed no Labour MPs voted in favour of the Conservative amendment, while of the 111 MPs who supported the amendment, 101 were Conservatives, five Reform UK, two DUP, the TUV’s Jim Allister, UUP’s MP Robin Swann and Independent Alex Easton.rejected calls for a national inquiry, saying “this will delay things until 2031” and that it was “shocking” for anyone to vote down the bill which protect the most vulnerable in society. In response, Tory leader, Kemi Badenoch told the Prime Minister to “be a leader, not a lawyer” over his response to calls to establish another grooming scandal inquiry.Have their been previous investigations, reviews and inquiries before? Besides Rotherham, reviews devoted to scandals in individual towns have been conducted into Rochdale, Telford and Oldham. Although they found different failings at varying scales, all of them issued disturbing findings, provoking apologies and resignations. This is besides the many trials that have led to dozens of convictions around the country.could have been exploited by gangs in the space of 16 years. It was concerns about a different type of child sexual exploitation – involving abuse within institutions such as churches, care homes and boarding schools – that led to Theresa May announcing a public inquiry in 2014 while she was home secretary. However, the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) which covered England and Wales, was beset by one controversy after another before Professor Jay eventually took over. These included the resignations of three chairs, before Prof Jay eventually took over, while various lawyers also left and some survivors’ groups withdrew suppor
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