Urgent Question: HMIC review Metropolitan Police handling of child sexual abuse cases
25 November 2016 (updated on 25 November 2016)
Home Office Minister Brandon Lewis responded to an Urgent Question asked by Shadow Home Secretary, Diane Abbott MP, in the House of Commons on Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) review into the Metropolitan Police handling of child sexual abuse cases.
- Watch the Urgent Question on the HMIC review
- Read current Parliamentary material in Topics: Sexual Offences
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