THE Secretary of State for Education faced pressure earlier today from Sarah Champion MP to fulfil the Government’s commitment to introduce relationships and sex education under the Children and Social Work Act 2017.

The introduction from Key Stage One of age-appropriate relationships education for all children was a key recommendation in Sarah’s ‘Dare2Care’ National Action Plan for preventing child abuse and violence in teenage relationships, which consulted with more than 50 charities, experts and leading campaigners.

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Sarah Champion MP, has welcomed a commitment from the Government to review loopholes in the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (CICA) which has led to the scandal of children as young as 12 being denied compensation on the grounds that they consented to their own abuse.

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At an event held at the London School of Economics on 01/03/2017 , Sarah Champion MP said:

“It's such an honour to be here at the LSE.

Founded by Beatrice Webb, a visionary woman who paved the way for the Beveridge report, and who arguably drew up the blueprint for what would later become the welfare state and the birth of our NHS.

I would like to thank the LSE Department for Economics as well as the Equality and Diversity Taskforce, for hosting this important event here today ahead of the Spring Budget next week.

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Reacting to today's third reading of the Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence Bill, Sarah Champion MP said:

The Istanbul Convention ensures that we offer gold-standard support for victims and severe repercussions for perpetrators.

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Sarah Champion, Labour's Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, commenting on the Court of Appeal judgement on Civil Partnerships today, said:

It is disappointing news that Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan have lost their Court of Appeal battle to enter into a Civil Partnership.

Labour are proud to have introduced Civil Partnerships in 2004 as a key step in achieving true marriage equality for LGBT people.

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Sarah Champion, Member of Parliament for Rotherham, has written to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, in response to research that showed the impact of fuel poverty on private rented tenants in Rotherham.

The report, which was carried out by Sheffield Hallam University, was based on research conducted in Rotherham and Hackney and surveyed 1,800 low income households across the two areas.

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