Mark Fletcher says some are changing their names to avoid being put on the sex offenders' register
By Tony Roe & Jennifer HarbyMPs are calling on the government to bring in a law to prevent sex offenders changing their name to avoid goingMark Fletcher, the MP for Bolsover in Derbyshire, is due to raise the issue in a bill that will come before Parliament on Wednesday.The Home Office said sex offenders must notify police of their personal details every year, including any name changes.
He said he had been working on the matter with Labour MP Sarah Champion and planned to raise it via a Ten Minute Rule Bill. She said: "People are incredulous when I tell them registered sex offenders are changing their names to evade detection. "In 2021, the Home Office agreed to my new clause to commission a review into this issue, which has now been completed, but we have still seen no results and no action taken.
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