My final point is that we need to see this very much as a moral issue. My contacts in the police force are horrified to see human beings treated by commodities-just being sold. That is a gross moral issue, not just about supply but about demand. There is obviously enormous demand to take advantage of sexual exploitation. What does that say about moral standards and understanding of sexuality in our society? What does it say about a lack of discipline and taking other people seriously as human beings? I ask the Minister that if we withdraw RE from such a central role in schools, who but the great religions is going to provide any moral framework to give people guidance about sexual behaviour in our society?
Good to see a bishop of the CofE prepared to take a stand. Not only against sexual trafficking. but also prepared to draw a link between Religious Education in schools and general moral behaviour in society.
+Derby won’t gain many friends in the political elite for saying this, but he will gain the respect of right-thinking people.