Child Abuse Inquiry Debate

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Department: Home Office

Child Abuse Inquiry

Huw Irranca-Davies Excerpts
Thursday 22nd January 2015

(9 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Baroness May of Maidenhead Portrait Mrs May
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Once inquiries are set up, it is up to those who are conducting them to decide how they wish to conduct them and when they will publish the results. As I have already said, the work in north Wales has resulted not just in the review but in Operation Pallial, which has had an impact and has identified at least one individual who has been prosecuted.

Huw Irranca-Davies Portrait Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore) (Lab)
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Key to the success of the inquiry will be the stalwart confidence of the survivors and relatives and of the broader public, yet that confidence has drained away day by day, week by week and month by month. I do not doubt the Home Secretary’s sincerity and commitment one jot, but what assurance can she give that she can restore that confidence? Without it, the inquiry is doomed.