Following the release of the national Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse report, Child sexual exploitation by organised networks, Lucy Allan MP has released a statement:
"I welcome the findings of the national inquiry into CSE. It has found extensive failings by councils and police forces, denial of the scale of the problem, a flawed insistence that CSE is an historic issue, political correctness when recording crimes, and a failure hear the voices of victims particularly those from more vulnerable backgrounds.
Telford was not included in the scope of the work for the national inquiry, which chose to examine a sample of towns, which had not hit the headlines.
This was why in 2016 I fought so hard for a separate inquiry into CSE in Telford as we knew at that time the national inquiry would exclude Telford. The Telford inquiry into CSE is due to report shortly. It seems entirely plausible that the same or similar failings will be identified by the Telford report.
All too often those in power, cannot see that the culture and attitude of their own organisations play a huge role in the failure to identify these horrendous crimes and failure to support victims.
Cross party campaigners in Parliament are hoping to secure an urgent question on this issue as soon as the Speaker will allow."
The full report is available to read online here.
