Labour MP for Rotherham, Sarah Champion, has urged the government to insert a clause into the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill to incorporate a definition of CCE into the Modern Slavery Act.
“The absence of a legal definition affects not only law enforcement but also efforts to protect children who are often too scared to tell someone they are being exploited,” she wrote in an article for The Times Red Box.
The controversial bill, which is currently passing through the House of Commons, has already come under fine over the inclusion of clauses that youth work organisations claim discriminate against disadvantaged young people and those from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.
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