Lee Anderson was shouted down after he made comments about grooming gangs in the House of Commons.
The rape and torture of vulnerable girls by gangs of men across the country shot to the top of the political agenda at the start of the year after Elon Musk attacked Labour – and safeguarding minister Phillips – over the government’s response.
MPs shouted “shame” and “it’s dangerous” at Reform MP Lee Anderson yesterday after implied safeguarding minister Jess Phillips was involved in a grooming gang cover-up.
Addressing the Labour minister, Anderson said: “Thousands of young white British working class girls have been raped, tortured and abused by Pakistani grooming gangs, and yet this minister here refuses to support a full national public enquiry. Is she part of the cover up.”
Phillips shot back: “It really doesn’t […] it doesn’t deserve a response.”
She told Anderson that she had spent her entire career helping victims.
Phillips added: “I wonder how many victims of grooming gangs he’s sat and held hands with in court, how many he’s gone round their house in the morning to get them out of bed and get them to a courtroom.”
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