Did my MP vote for or against the Tory amendment to the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill?
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill cleared its first hurdle after MPs gave it a second reading in Parliament on Wednesday (January 8).
A Conservative amendment designed to block the Bill, and including a call for a national inquiry on grooming gangs, was rejected by by 364 votes to 111, majority 253.
The Bill later received a second reading without the need for a further formal vote. The Government’s draft child protection legislation cleared its first Commons hurdle following a bitter Prime Minister’s Questions in which Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said failing to back a probe would fuel concerns about a 'cover-up'.
The Conservatives had tabled the motion to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill demanding a new national inquiry into gangs which, if approved, would have prevented the legislation from making progress.
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