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Exploitation: Children

Asked by Steve DarlingLiberal DemocratHome OfficeTabled Answered 3 September 2024UIN 2587

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to criminalise the act of exploiting children for criminal purposes.

Answered by Jess Phillips

The Government is committed to preventing young people being lured into crime, drugs, and criminal gangs. We will deliver on our Manifesto commitment and will bring forward measures to strengthen the law to tackle child criminal exploitation.

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