Sexual Offences: Anonymity Debate

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Sexual Offences: Anonymity

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Brexit: Appointment of Joint Committee
Wednesday 3rd July 2019

(5 years, 4 months ago)

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Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait Baroness Williams of Trafford
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My Lords, I am not suggesting at all that the petition is not being taken seriously. The independent inquiry into historical child sexual abuse is taking a very robust approach to the institutional responses to those historical allegations of child sexual abuse.

Lord Marlesford Portrait Lord Marlesford (Con)
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My Lords, are there any circumstances in which this Government will commission a judicial review into the handling of the case against Sir Edward Heath?

Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait Baroness Williams of Trafford
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I think I have made it clear to the House that my right honourable friend the Home Secretary does not intend to institute such a review.

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