Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department was first notified by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse that an allegation of sexual assault had been made against Ben Emmerson QC.

The Independent Inquiry informed the Home Office on 28 September of concerns about Ben Emmerson’s leadership of the counsel team which did not include reference to an alleged sexual assault. It was made clear that no complaint had been made.