As a children’s doctor, I have looked after a number of children who have been sexually abused, and they have sometimes horrific physical injuries and, as we know, physical and mental scars. The mental scars in particular can last a lifetime. The House is united in wanting to be able to prevent that. Am I misunderstanding the hon. Gentleman when he says that seeking assurances is not adequate, and that if faced with a real situation in which a child is in imminent danger and those assurances cannot be got, that child should remain in danger and in a situation in which he or she is being abused, to avoid the theoretical risk of something that has not happened in 20 years?
Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Bill [Lords]
Proceeding contribution from
Caroline Johnson
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 30 January 2019.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Bill [Lords].
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