UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News
The government is being urged to extend the scope of the child sexual abuse inquiry to cover the whole of the UK – rather than just England and Wales.
The investigation should cover Scotland and Northern Ireland, including claims of abuse at Kincora Boys’ Home in Belfast in the 1970s, a Home Affairs Committee report said.
The panel must seek to avoid “gaps” between the various inquiries, it said.
The Home Office said the report had been noted and was being considered.
The independent, panel-led inquiry was set up by Home Secretary Theresa May last year to consider whether public bodies and other institutions failed in their duty to protect children.
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