UNITED KINGDOM
The Guardian
Nadia Khomami
Saturday 20 December 2014
Theresa May is to scrap the panel for the independent inquiry into child sex abuse, it has been reported.
The home secretary wrote to each member of the panel to tell them she is considering turning it into a statutory inquiry, or setting up a fresh statutory inquiry or a Royal Commission, according to the Exaro News website.
The letter, which followed a meeting between May and panel members on Monday to discuss the future of the inquiry, added that any statutory inquiry panel would be newly appointed, and that existing panel members can apply for positions on the new panel.
She put this decision down to concerns raised about the panel by abuse survivors. May wrote: “As I said on Monday, I am currently considering these three options and I appreciate this has implications for the members of the panel.
“I should like to make clear that I appointed each and every one of you for your experience, your professionalism and your undoubted commitment.
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