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Watch: Professor Alexis Jay questioned on child sexual abuse report by Home Affairs Committee

Lucy Leeson
Wednesday 22 January 2025 16:20 GMT
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Watch again as professor Alexis Jay wss questioned on the child sexual abuse report by the Home Affairs Committee on Tuesday (21 January).

MPs questioned the chair of the independent Inquiry into child sexual abuse in an evidence session commencing at 10am.

The independent inquiry was launched in 2015 to examine how institutions such as local authorities, religious groups and child custodial facilities had failed in their duty of care to protect children from sexual abuse. The final report was published in October 2022 and made recommendations for wide-ranging reform.

The session considered how far the recommendations of the report have been implemented. It also focused on how institutions have responded to the findings and the relationship between the inquiry and government. 

Chair of the Home Affairs Committee, Dame Karen Bradley said: “We have a responsibility to ensure that the results of comprehensive public inquiries set up by government are acted upon. For too long, children were failed by those who should have been protecting them.”

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