Rejected petition We the Welsh People Request a Public Inquiry into Grooming Gangs Across the whole of Wales.
The previous Home Secretary said what happened to victims of child sexual exploitation gangs was “one of the biggest stains on our country’s conscience.” Last year local authorities identified 18,700 suspected victims of child sexual exploitation. We want an independent public inquiry into Grooming Gangs in every town and city across Wales.
There is clear public concern, and appear to be failings by Police, Social Services, Local Authorities and the CPS to protect the most vulnerable.
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A public inquiry should answer: What happened? Who is to blame? What can be done to prevent this happening again? Is there a racial/religious element to this type of offending? How are survivors being supported and should more be done?
This inquiry must include the failings by each institution meant to protect children and prevent this from happening. This including every Welsh police force South Wales Police, Dyfed Powys Police, Gwent Police and North Wales Police. This must also include social services and the care sector. This must also include all Members of the Senedd and councillors across Wales of all parties. This inquiry must also include the ethnicity of the perpetrators and their justification for their actions. There must also be consequences for the people in these establishments who failed to report or act on grooming gangs in Wales
Why was this petition rejected?
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This petition is already collecting signatures. https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/246484
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