The government is moving at a swift pace over the allegations of child abuse at North Wales children’s homes: yesterday it announced an review of the Waterhouse inquiry, today Theresa May announced National Crime Agency head Keith Bristow will lead a new investigation into the allegations of child abuse, and the Prime Minister’s official spokesman has just announced that the honourable Mrs Justice Julia Wendy Macur will lead the review of the Waterhouse Inquiry.
But these inquiries announced in the past 36 hours are examining specific allegations, and MPs from across the house are starting to call for an over-arching inquiry which will incorporate those investigations into the BBC, the NHS, and the abuse in Rotherham and Rochdale. Number 10 said this afternoon that it has ‘not ruled anything out’, with the spokesman adding: ‘I think we should take stock when we have the results of these inquiries.’
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