The House of Commons rejected yesterday, Wednesday January 8, the creation of a new commission of inquiry into the pedophile gangs of Pakistani origin which have been active in the United Kingdom. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said victims wanted “action” from politicians.
New exchange of arms in the House of Commons. On Wednesday January 8, Labor MPs refused the creation of a new national commission of inquiry into “grooming gangs”.
These pedophile rings, mainly made up of men from Pakistan, raped and sexually exploited thousands of young girls in the north of England between the late 1990s and early 2010s.
The failings of the police and local authorities, particularly in the town of Rotherham, where 1,500 minors were drugged, raped and sexually exploited by one of these gangs for sixteen years, have deeply shocked British public opinion.
“Action” rather than an investigation
During the parliamentary session on Wednesday, Labor Prime Minister Keir Starmer opposed the creation of a new commission of inquiry into this subject, proposed by the conservative opposition, arguing that the victims are waiting rather than the public authorities implement the recommendations of a previous public inquiry.
-Keir Starmer also accused the Conservatives of having tabled this amendment in order to block his own text on the protection of home-schooled children. If the Conservatives’ project was rejected (364 votes against, 111 votes for), the House of Commons adopted the law supported by the government.
This text was developed after the murder of a 10-year-old girl by her father, who had unenrolled her from school. “This is the biggest legislative measure to protect children in a generation,” said Education Minister Bridget Phillipson on the BBC.
In an interview with Sky News, Minister for Protection against Violence Against Women and Girls, Jess Phillips, said the Conservatives “don’t really care about children” as they themselves have blocked Oldham town council’s request for a government inquiry into ‘grooming gangs’ to be established in 2022.
