Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 3:35 pm on 17 October 2016.

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Photo of Amber Rudd Amber Rudd The Secretary of State for the Home Department 3:35, 17 October 2016

I urge the hon. Gentleman to give his support to the inquiry. Let us all try to find a way of being confident about it. Alexis Jay, the chair, has said that she hopes to conclude the inquiry by the end of 2020, but it is perhaps for us in the House and for the Home Affairs Committee to give her assistance. I am not suggesting anything but the most thorough of scrutiny, but it may be that we need to give as much assistance as we can to make sure that the new chair can do a thorough and successful job going forward.