{"id":107984,"date":"2014-07-06T21:40:02","date_gmt":"2014-07-06T18:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/?p=107984"},"modified":"2022-11-23T11:18:09","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T08:18:09","slug":"midland-mp-launches-petition-demanding-national-child-abuse-inquiry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2014\/07\/06\/midland-mp-launches-petition-demanding-national-child-abuse-inquiry\/","title":{"rendered":"Midland MP launches petition demanding national child abuse inquiry"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_107985\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-107985\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/david_cameron_theresa_may.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-107985\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/david_cameron_theresa_may.jpg\" alt=\"Theresa may David Cameron\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-107985\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Theresa May David Cameron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\">A Midland MP has launched a petition calling on the Prime Minister to \u201cmake amends for historic failures\u201d by establishing a national inquiry into allegations of organised child sex abuse.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\">Tom Watson,\u00a0Labour MP\u00a0for\u00a0West Bromwich East,\u00a0stated \u201cmany survivors of child abuse believe they have been let down by the system of child protection in the UK\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\">The petition\u2019s launch followed the Home Office\u2019s disclosure that 100 official files relating to historic abuse allegations had gone missing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\">Mark Sedwill, permanent secretary to the Home Office, said the files relating to a 20-year period between 1979 and 1999 were \u201cpresumed destroyed, missing or not found\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\">In a letter to\u00a0Prime Minister David Cameron,\u00a0he also said he was appointing a senior legal figure to review how the Home Office dealt with a dossier alleging paedophile activity at Westminster in the 1980s.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\">Launching the petition today, Mr Watson said: \u201cMany survivors of child abuse believe they have been let down by system of child protection in the UK.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\">\u201cThousands had nowhere to turn.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\">\u201cNobody listened and nobody helped.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\">\u201cThe missing Home Office files and the failure of previous police and local authority inquiries has meant that MPs from all the political parties have supported calls for an overarching national inquiry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\">\u201cGovernment should make amends for historic failures to act by establishing an independent national inquiry into organised child abuse.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\">\u201cWe owe it to the survivors \u2013 they expect nothing less.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\">Sign:\u00a0https:\/\/www.change.org\/en-GB\/petitions\/david-cameron-and-theresa-may-establish-a-national-inquiry-into-allegations-of-organised-child-abuse<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Midland MP has launched a petition calling on the Prime Minister to \u201cmake amends for historic failures\u201d by establishing a national inquiry into allegations of organised child sex abuse. Tom Watson,\u00a0Labour MP\u00a0for\u00a0West Bromwich East,\u00a0stated \u201cmany survivors of child abuse believe they have been let down by the system of child protection in the UK\u201d. 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