Child Abuse Allegations (North Wales) Debate

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Department: Home Office

Child Abuse Allegations (North Wales)

Julian Huppert Excerpts
Tuesday 6th November 2012

(12 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Julian Huppert Portrait Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge) (LD)
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These allegations are indeed very distressing. In the original Waterhouse inquiry, 28 people were named but their names were not publicly reported because the judge reasonably assumed that it would prejudice any future trial—a trial that never happened. Does the Home Secretary agree that whenever there is an inquiry into what happened historically, as opposed to the recent allegations, it must get to the bottom of why there was no follow-up police investigation after Waterhouse concluded?

Baroness May of Maidenhead Portrait Mrs May
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My hon. Friend is right. One point of bringing extra resource in to support the North Wales police on this issue is to look at the historic allegations and to investigate whether everything was done that needed to be done in respect of following up criminal prosecutions as well as ensuring that all the evidence was taken.