COMMENTS by Blackburn MP Jack Straw that some Pakistani sex groomers see white girls as ‘easy meat’ has met with strong reaction from many quarters.

This week the Lancashire Telegraph, which launched a campaign to highlight the menace in 2006, set out the facts behind this specific sex crime.

The Lancashire Telegraph also called for a full and open debate, and this week we will provide a platform for a series of commentators.

Click on the links below to read the viewpoints.

* Bayyinah Foundation member: Questions we must ask parents
* County councillor Dr Misfar Hassan: Straw's comments were a surprise to me
* Former police chief Mick Gradwell: What Straw said so carefully is true
* Lancashire Telegraph comment: Time for an open debate
* Asian Image comment: Who'd be a British Pakistani man right now?