Independent Inquiry Into Child Sexual Abuse

Professor Alexis Jay is questioned on the child sexual abuse report by the Home Affairs Committee. The independent inquiry was launched in 2015 to examine how institutions such as local authorities, religious groups and child custodial facilities had failed in their duty of care to protect children from sexual abuse. The final report was published in October 2022 and made recommendations for wide-ranging reform. The session will consider how far the recommendations of the report have been implemented. It will also focus on how institutions have responded to the findings and the relationship between the inquiry and government.