The vote follows a fierce debate earlier in the day between the prime minister and the Conservative party leader, Kemi Badenoch.

Lawmakers from the ruling Labour Party have slammed the opposition for attempting to kill the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill by tabling an amendment that would force the new inquiry, while blocking the bill at the same time.

UK's Labour government dismissed Conservatives' call for a national inquiry into grooming gangs, arguing it would delay crucial child protection legislation.