WALES
BBC News
A report on the north Wales child abuse scandal was not published for 17 years because of concerns over libel and compensation claims, an MP has said.
Ann Clwyd told the Commons that council insurers had warned that publication of the Jillings report would encourage court cases and compensation claims.
The report found evidence of “extensive abuse” over a “substantial” number of years in north east Wales care homes.
It said that at least 12 young people died from unnatural causes.
On Thursday Ms Clwyd, the Labour MP for Cynon Valley, said that had the report been published at the time “it would have sounded alarm bells and things would have moved much faster”.
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