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Sir John Major and Gordon Brown Will Give Evidence to Child Sexual Abuse Inquiry

By Sean O’Neill
The Times
July 11, 2017

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sir-john-major-and-gordon-brown-will-give-evidence-to-child-sexual-abuse-inquiry-lwsdcxgg5

Two former prime ministers will be called to give evidence to the public inquiry into child abuse next week as it examines the ill-treatment of children sent abroad under state-approved migration programmes.

Sir John Major and Gordon Brown are the first prominent public figures to be asked to account for the conduct of state institutions before the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.

Sir John is to give evidence about his government’s response as the scandal of how British children were abused in farm schools and church institutions in Australia emerged during the 1990s.

In 1993 he wrote to one MP stating that Britain was not responsible for the way child migrants had been treated in other countries. Sir John, who was prime minister from 1990-97, is scheduled to provide written evidence to the inquiry.

 

 

 

 

 




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