Tory MP Kris Hopkins has sparked a row in the Commons by claiming gangs of Muslim men are raping white “kids”.
Kris Hopkins made his claims during a Commons debate
The Keighley MP claimed police had felt they needed “permission” to go after abusers due to “political correctness”.
He said MPs should not avoid talking about the issue or the BNP and others will hijack it.
But Labour MP Yasmin Qureshi warned about “playing into the hands” of far right groups with such accusations.
The Bolton South East MP said senior police officers and judges involved in cases of abuse had said race did not play a part.
‘Bigger picture’
She said the fact that the victims of abuse were white – in the cases Mr Hopkins was referring to – was “coincidental not deliberate”.
She warned against losing sight of the “bigger picture” – that the common factors in all cases of abuse was the vulnerability of the victims and the fact that the perpetrators were “nearly all men”.
“They (the victims) are always young girls, or young boys, or children and… the victims in these cases are always the vulnerable ones.
“It’s never the child who has got a secure happy family life,” she told MPs.
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