Child Abuse Allegations (North Wales) Debate

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Department: Home Office

Child Abuse Allegations (North Wales)

Geraint Davies Excerpts
Tuesday 6th November 2012

(12 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Baroness May of Maidenhead Portrait Mrs May
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I am grateful to my hon. Friend for sharing her personal experience with the House, and I assure her that no stone will be left unturned. The entire House wants to see that justice is done.

Geraint Davies Portrait Geraint Davies (Swansea West) (Lab/Co-op)
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Will the Home Secretary look into whether there was a systemic problem in north Wales whereby those accused of child abuse without conclusive evidence to prove it were redeployed within the wider world of social services? Although they no longer had direct access to children, they were still part of that system. If that is the case, we will need a much wider inquiry.

Baroness May of Maidenhead Portrait Mrs May
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One issue that has been raised both in the past and more recently is the question of whether the inquiries went sufficiently far outside the care system. As the police look at the historical allegations, they will also consider how far the investigations should go.