00:00There was a whole series of steps that we took in government in relation to child sexual
00:04exploitation more generally and grooming gangs. The J-Enquiry of course was set up by a conservative
00:10government and we accepted the recommendations of the J-Enquiry. We set up the Grooming Gangs
00:16Task Force. I think if you were to ask people what's probably the single most important thing
00:19we have to do is hold perpetrators to account. That task force led to the arrest of hundreds
00:24of grooming gang perpetrators and covered thousands of victims. I think those are
00:29important steps that we did take and we welcomed National Inquiry because we were open to the idea
00:34that more could be done and it's very frustrating that Labour has spent so long fighting this and
00:39particularly for them to criticise those who called for an inquiry as jumping on a far-right bandwagon.
00:46That's exactly the sort of thing that the Casey Report talks about as not helpful when it comes
00:51to discussing these sorts of issues. I think it will create a step change in the freedom we should
00:58all now feel to talk about child sexual exploitation and any cultural issues that arise around from it.
01:05For too long people have been afraid to talk about those sorts of issues to talk about particular
01:10ethnic groups and having particular challenges and I think this will give people the confidence to
01:15carry on talking about those things but of course it's just part of the picture. These challenges
01:19evolve. One of the things that the Casey Report talks about is actually even just in recent years how
01:24it's changed because of the online sphere now playing a bigger role. So these issues require
01:28constant vigilance. I don't think there's ever a point where you can say it's sorted but I think
01:32it will create a step change.
01:43you
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