Thursday 16th January 2025 Look Local Issue 1357

MP welcomes “landmark legislation” to introduce the biggest child protection reforms in a generation

Marie Tidball, MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge has spoken in support of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, raising the tragic deaths of Jack and Paul Sykes from Penistone. The brothers were murdered 10 years ago by their known domestically abusive father in a house fire he set alight, whilst on a permitted contact visit. The Bill introduces the biggest child protection reforms in a generation.