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Offences against Children: Inquiries

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainHome OfficeTabled Answered 21 October 2025UIN 81581

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the first local areas to be examined by the National Inquiry into Group-Based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse are; and what criteria was used to select them.

Answered by Jess Phillips

I refer the hon. Member to my response to the Urgent Question of 21 October.

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