Viscount Hailsham
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Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
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Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab)
The Government believe that a mandatory reporting mechanism will help the system, which is why we will introduce it.
Viscount Hailsham (Con)
My Lords, I fully agree with the decision not to hold a full statutory inquiry. Does the Minister accept that we have already had sufficient relevant inquiries? Does he accept that they are very expensive, go on for a long time and very often stand in the way of appropriate action? What is actually now required is the urgent implementation of the existing recommendations, on which there is widespread agreement.
Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab)
The noble Viscount must have read my notes, because I agree with him fully.