Safeguarding & DBS
Criminal records checks, DBS certificates, safeguarding, vetting, child protection
Recent PMQs Questions
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Last week, Members from across this House and the other place felt compelled to write to Jo Boydell, the chief executive of Travelodge, following reports that in 2022 staff in one of the company's hot...
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Will the Prime Minister ensure sufficient resources are committed to fully investigating multi-perpetrator, multi-jurisdictional human trafficking abuse facilitated by Mohammed al-Fayed, meeting victi...
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The manslaughter of baby Gigi Meehan at a nursery in Cheadle; 21 counts of child cruelty at Riverside nursery in Twickenham Green in my constituency; 56 charges of sexual assault and creating indecent...
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I will remind him what Fiona asked: what is the point, if the victims are not going to be believed? What would be the point of mandatory reporting? All of this is happening now—all that he is saying—i...
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I welcome the Government’s announcement on grooming gangs. I am sorry for stumbling; I have been floored by the point scoring going on around them—on all sides. Victims and survivors of grooming gangs...
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I have raised the tragic case of Fiona Laskaris whose autistic adult son Christopher was horrifically exploited and murdered by a convicted criminal. When Fiona sought a mental capacity assessment for...
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On Monday, the Prime Minister’s safeguarding Minister—the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department—admitted on the Floor of the House that there was a cover-up of the child rape gang scandal. ...
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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...
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The Prime Minister mentions vetting and I just want to press him on that, because serious failures in police vetting were raised in independent reports as long ago as 2012, 2019, 2022 and 2023. That i...
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Three years ago, Sarah Everard was walking home when she was abducted and murdered by a serving police officer who should have been trusted to keep her safe. As a father, I cannot imagine the pain her...
Recent Ministerial Questions
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Why has there been no response from the Home Secretary or her Ministers on an urgent meeting requested following BBC's expose of a convicted human trafficker?...
Topical Questions 2026-06-29
Safeguarding has been a key focus of the Work and Pensions Committee, so I was shocked to hear that my constituent Barbara Skedd received a letter to her executors, incorrectly notifying them of her d...
Lord Mandelson Humble Address Government Response
Can the right hon. Gentleman explain why his Department was apparently willing to appoint Mandelson as ambassador, providing him access to classified briefings, without conducting any security vetting...
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The horrific sexual abuse and murder of baby Preston Davey has shocked the nation. My question for the Secretary of State is simple: among the army of health visitors, social workers and medics who sa...
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I know that Members across this House will have been sickened and devastated to hear reports of the abuse suffered by baby Preston Davey prior to his murder at the hands of his adoptive parents. The C...
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If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities, noting the importance of safeguarding measures and the need for additional funding to support this....
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My constituent, Richard, has been unable to work for four months because of Disclosure and Barring Service delays. Things are getting desperate at home, and he faces the prospect of defaulting on his ...
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I pay tribute to the Home Secretary for her work in announcing changes to stop children sending and receiving images. Can she confirm that this also stops them from ever taking such images, and can sh...
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The Home Secretary still gives no clear answer. We have repeatedly raised serious concerns with the Government's Islamophobia definition. South Wales police has now instructed staff to record anything...
Violence against Women and Girls
What is the Solicitor General doing to tackle FGM through prosecutions or a multi-agency approach?...