UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News
Members of a team carrying out an inquiry into child sexual abuse are due to appear before MPs.
The inquiry was announced in July but still has no chairman, following the resignations of the government’s first two choices, and doubts remain over plans to give it extra powers.
Two members and adviser Prof Alexis Jay will face the Home Affairs Committee.
Meanwhile, the Local Government Association will hold a summit on improving child protection measures.
The inquiry, announced on 7 July by Home Secretary Theresa May, was sparked by claims of paedophiles operating in Westminster in the 1980s.
At the committee meeting later, panel members Drusilla Sharpling and Prof Jenny Pearce – along with Prof Jay – will face questions from MPs.
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