MPs reject Tory bid to launch another grooming gang inquiry

Screen grab of Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Caroline Nokes reading out the vote result in the House of Commons, London, as MPs voted 364 votes to 111, majority 253 to reject a amendment calling for a national inquiry on grooming gangs and seeking to block the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill. Picture date: Wednesday January 8, 2025.
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MPs have rejected a Conservative bid to push for another national inquiry into grooming gangs.

The amendment to the Government’s draft child protection legislation was put to a Commons’ vote on Wednesday following a bitter Prime Minister’s Questions in which Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said failing to back a probe would fuel concerns about a “cover-up”.

The Conservatives had tabled the amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill demanding a new national inquiry into gangs which, if approved, would have prevented the legislation from making progress.

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But MPs voted rejected the motion by 364 votes to 111, majority 253.

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