UNITED KINGDOM
Telegraph
Michael Wilkinson, political correspondent
8 NOVEMBER 2016
Dame Lowell Goddard, the former chair of the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse, is refusing to answer questions from MPs about her resignation.
The former High Court judge from New Zealand resigned from the beleaguered inquiry on August 4, less than 18 months into the role.
In her post, Dame Goddard received £360,000 a year plus allowances and flight homes to New Zealand, while a committee of MPs heard that she had also secured an £80,000 pay-off.
She is now refusing to answer MPs’ questions about her departure, either by flying back to London or by videolink.
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