UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News
An inquiry into historical child abuse should be able to compel witnesses to give evidence, Home Secretary Theresa May has said.
Mrs May told MPs she was “very clear” the investigation “should have the powers of a statutory inquiry”.
The panel, which has started work, still has nobody to chair it after the first two nominations stood down.
Mrs May had previously said the inquiry could become statutory if that was requested by the person leading it.
But with nobody in that role, the home secretary appeared to go further in an appearance before the Home Affairs Select Committee.
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