"We are aware of no evidence showing that Ann Cryer spoke out about the activities of the grooming gangs before August 22 2003, when Channel 4 News disclosed the existence of the 18-month investigation into the grooming gangs by Bradford Council and West Yorkshire Police, although surely as the MP she must have known about such a major investigation into their activities. Perhaps she had known about this investigation, but had chosen to remain silent, as the previous year she came under criticism from left-wing Muslims for "damaging race relations", when she stated that "Asian gangs" in her constituency were out of control."
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Members of the Parliament of the United KingdomLabour Party (UK) politiciansWomen from EnglandWomen born in the 1930sWomen politicians in the United Kingdom
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Peter McLoughlin - Easy Meat: Inside Britain’s Grooming Gang Scandal-New English Review Press (2016)
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Ann Cryer
Constance Ann Cryer JP (née Place; born 14 December 1939) is a British former politician who was the Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Keighley from the 1997 general election until standing down at the 2010 general election.
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