Safeguarding & DBS
Criminal records checks, DBS certificates, safeguarding, vetting, child protection
Recent PMQs Questions
View all 5PMQs 2025-01-22
The right hon Gentleman did not vote on this Bill but talks about child protection measures. However, it does cut teachers' pay for 20,000 teachers. Did the Prime Minister know that the bill as it sta...
PMQs 2024-10-23
Our child protection services have had to deal with a number of cases where parents and carers have argued that their fatal actions were lawful punishment. Will the Deputy Prime Minister bring forward...
PMQs 2024-01-24
I am concerned about the impact of social media on children's mental health and safety, as evidenced by a tragic incident involving a 14-year-old girl who took her own life after experiencing severe b...
PMQs 2024-01-10
I made a promise to a grandad in my constituency after he told me that he had not dared to speak up when his grandson came home saying, 'Today, we were learning if we were in the wrong body.' Draft sc...
PMQs 2023-01-11
Disruption from strikes is minor compared to chronic disruption caused daily by 13 years of butchering health budgets. Health services in Wales suffer from mismanagement by Labour and a Westminster fu...
Recent Ministerial Questions
View all 44Child Exploitation 2026-03-23
With plans to regionalise police forces and potential scrapping of Staffordshire constabulary, there is fear that less focus will be placed on protecting children due to reduced engagement between sen...
Child Exploitation 2026-03-23
I am concerned that a child goes missing every three minutes, often as a warning sign of exploitation. Despite this clear connection, the term 'child criminal exploitation' is not included in the Depa...
Child Exploitation 2026-03-23
I am concerned that a child goes missing every three minutes, often as a warning sign of exploitation. Despite this clear connection, the term 'child criminal exploitation' is not included in the Depa...
Topical Questions 2026-03-23
Does the Minister agree that it is unforgiveable for someone who is supposed to look after a child to hurt them instead?...
Social Media Children and Young People 2026-03-18
Can the Secretary of State say what engagement she will have with young people, so that decisions about their lives are directly fed into this consultation?...
Social Media Children and Young People 2026-03-18
What steps her Department is taking to engage with children and young people on social media use. There are strong and differing views across this House and the country on a social media ban for under...
Topical Questions 2026-03-16
Last week, the United Nations independent international commission of inquiry on Ukraine concluded that Russia has been committing crimes against humanity in the forcible deportation of Ukrainian chil...
Sudan Humanitarian Situation 2026-03-03
With half of Sudan's population under 18 and millions of children growing up amid widespread violence, Sudan is confronting what many now describe as the world's largest child protection emergency. In...
Topical Questions 2026-01-05
Will the Home Secretary consider changes to the DBS filtering framework for petty minor offences committed by children to determine whether such offences should continue to appear on DBS certificates ...
Veterans 2025-12-15
We are incredibly proud of our veterans in Eastleigh, and Veterans Dementia Support UK based in my constituency does fantastic work assisting veterans. It wants to expand its work by opening more supp...