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Child sex abuse inquiry: Amber Rudd faces MPs' questions Child sex abuse inquiry: No reduction in scope, says Alexis Jay
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Home Secretary Amber Rudd is to update MPs on the latest controversy to hit the child sexual abuse inquiry. The new chairwoman of the child sex abuse inquiry, Professor Alexis Jay, has told the BBC she will not seek "any reduction or restriction" in its scope.
Labour MP Lisa Nandy has tabled an urgent question in the Commons, asking about the inquiry's "remit, organisation, budget and staffing". The independent inquiry has been beset by controversies, including the resignation of three of its chairwomen.
Prof Jay said that - although some measures would be taken to speed up the inquiry - it was "still very interested in the past".
She said she expects "significant progress" by the end of 2020.
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse was set up by then-Home Secretary Theresa May in 2014.The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse was set up by then-Home Secretary Theresa May in 2014.
Three of its chairwomen have quit since it was formed, with the latest, Dame Lowell Goddard, resigning in August. Prof Jay - who led the inquiry into child sexual exploitation in Rotherham in 2014 - was appointed its fourth chairwoman in August.
Dame Lowell has since been accused of using racist language. She strongly denies the claims. On her second day, she ordered an internal review into the inquiry. But today she rejected calls to tighten its terms of reference.
In her resignation letter, Dame Lowell said the inquiry had a "legacy of failure which has been very hard to shake off". "I treat with some scepticism calls for us to forget the past," she said.
She added: "With hindsight it would have been better to have started completely afresh." "Only by understanding the lessons we can learn from that and the possible failings and cover-ups that might have taken place in certain institutions will we go forward with confidence."
She said the inquiry would not hold public hearings into every institution it was investigating, as it would take too long.
'Different models'
"If we were to pursue the traditional public hearing model - which people associate with inquiries of this kind - to the thousands and thousands of institutions in England and Wales, we would fail," she said.
"There is no possibility we would do that."
Instead, she said the inquiry "intends to use different models and ways of working".
Dame Lowell Goddard, the inquiry's third chairwoman, resigned in August.
In her resignation letter, she said the inquiry had a "legacy of failure which has been very hard to shake off".
She has since been accused of using racist language, something she has strongly denied.
Earlier this month, the most senior lawyer on the inquiry, Ben Emmerson QC, also stepped down.Earlier this month, the most senior lawyer on the inquiry, Ben Emmerson QC, also stepped down.
In response, a survivors' group said it had concerns about the inquiry's "everlasting remit".In response, a survivors' group said it had concerns about the inquiry's "everlasting remit".
The inquiry is examining how state and non-state institutions in England and Wales protected children from abuse.The inquiry is examining how state and non-state institutions in England and Wales protected children from abuse.
The new chairwoman, Professor Alexis Jay, ordered an internal review of the inquiry's work on her second day in the role.