BBC'S POLICE PROTECTING CHILDREN SERIES

Early day motion 915, tabled 25 March 2004 by Tim Loughton (Conservative). Signed by 83 members.

That this House welcomes the BBC's Police Protecting Children series which began broadcasting on BBC2 on 23rd March; notes that the programmes are the result of 18 months filming by the team behind the award-winning documentary The Hunt for Britain's Paedophiles and give a unique insight into the world of a new major investigation team set up to investigate serious crimes against children including neglect, cruelty, shaken babies, rape and murder; notes that in the last 20 years, there has been a massive increase in crimes involving images of children being sexually abused and that the success of the internet is generating a huge workload for the police investigating paedophilia; notes that this is a dark and difficult subject that needs to be confronted; and congratulates the producers for raising the difficulties and challenges faced in this brave, thought-provoking and important documentary series.

Signatures by party: Conservative 54, Labour 17, Labour/Co-operative 5, Liberal Democrat 3, UUP 2, DUP 1, Independent Conservative 1.