Extract from Westminster Hall debate on Statutory PHSE Education - Feb 6
Wednesday, 7 February 2018 08:03
Sarah Champion (Rotherham) (Lab):...Today is Safer Internet Day, so
it is appropriate for me to bring into the debate the new
phenomenon of online abuse. The statutory sex and relationship
guidance in place at the moment is 18 years old. I do not want to
age anyone in this Chamber, but the younger generation are growing
up in an online world; we mainly grew up in the real world, for
want of a better phrase. We do not really understand the 24-hour
pressures that young people are under. In...Request free trial
(Rotherham)
(Lab):...Today is Safer Internet Day, so it is appropriate
for me to bring into the debate the new phenomenon of online abuse.
The statutory sex and relationship guidance in place at the moment
is 18 years old. I do not want to age anyone in this Chamber, but
the younger generation are growing up in an online world; we mainly
grew up in the real world, for want of a better phrase. We do not
really understand the 24-hour pressures that young people are
under. In addition, we are only starting to recognise how abusers
use the internet. I went to my local police force and watched
officers trying to tackle the online grooming and then abuse of
children. One in three children is now a victim of cyber-bullying.
We need also to consider peer-on-peer abuse. One in five indecent
images shared online was taken by the child themselves, according
to the National Crime Agency, and 40% of child sex
abuse is carried out by other, usually older children. That is why
relationship education is important. It is not just about
protecting children; it is about teaching children what is right
and wrong in relation to others...
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