Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat), on Wednesday, 19 October 2022, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 8 members in total.

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County lines and child criminal exploitation

That this House is alarmed at the expansion of county lines networks, recently exacerbated by covid-19; calls for clarification of laws to ensure that all young people who are groomed, coerced and controlled into committing crime are recognised as victims of trafficking and exploitation; advocates the adoption of a new public health approach to drug prevention that works with schools, pupil referral units and providers for those outside of mainstream education; notes the need for new local safeguarding partnerships enabling multi-agency work to identify and respond to child criminal exploitation; further notes that a system is required for seamlessly sharing data across borders and agencies and disrupting grooming and criminality that has migrated from the streets to encrypted apps; and calls upon the Government to introduce a stand-alone national strategy on child criminal exploitation that includes these recommendations as a matter of urgency.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

477 

Session

2022-23

Other sponsors

John McDonnell

Jonathan Edwards

Jim Shannon

Rachael Maskell

Mohammad Yasin

Subjects

Children Drugs Organised crime Exploitation

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk