Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames
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Child Sex Abuse Inquiry
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Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made towards the appointment of a chairman for the independent panel inquiry into child sexual abuse.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord Bates) (Con)
My Lords, the Home Secretary takes the appointment of the next chairman extremely seriously. Following the resignation of Fiona Woolf, the Home Secretary has sought the views of survivors’ groups to inform her on the appointment and she will update Parliament in due course.
Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames (LD)
My Lords, can my noble friend say whether the Government have approached the Lord Chief Justice to see whether a serving judge might be available to chair the inquiry—and, if so, with what result? Can he say what the Government’s position would be if a potential chair made acceptance of appointment conditional on having statutory powers to compel witnesses and disclosure of documents?