Sexual Exploitation: Newcastle

Part of Points of Order – in the House of Commons at 8:22 pm on 12 June 2018.

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Photo of Catherine McKinnell Catherine McKinnell Labour, Newcastle upon Tyne North 8:22, 12 June 2018

I commend my hon. Friend for securing this really important and timely debate, and I join her in commending the actions of Northumbria police and other organisations in Newcastle that have tackled this head-on, but does she share my concern that there appears still to be a lack of understanding among statutory bodies, including Government Departments, about the national strategic response that we need to this horrific crime? More than half the victims in Newcastle were not children but vulnerable adults, and this must be recognised by the Government and on a local level.