UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News
The scope of the independent inquiry into child sex abuse in England and Wales will not change, the new home secretary has told MPs.
Amber Rudd told the Home Affairs Select Committee the inquiry must “look at the historic element of these abuses”.
She also said that criticisms from the inquiry’s former chairwoman, who wrote to the committee, were “not correct”.
Justice Lowell Goddard’s letter said the inquiry should focus on current child protection and future changes.
The inquiry was set up in 2014 and announced that 13 initial investigations would look into allegations against local authorities, religious organisations, the armed forces, public and private institutions and people in the public eye.
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