duncan hames: last june, i asked the prime minister if he was satisfied with police investigations intoganized child sexual abuse. by november, the home secretary acknowledged that years ago there might have been a cover-up. this week, we learned that the met itself has identified as many as 14 cover-ups. now that we have a judge-led inquiry, is it not time we treated this scandal, in the words of the independent police complaints commission, as high level corruption of the most serious nature? it went to the very core of the british state. prime minister cameron: my honorable friend is right to say how serious this is. it is right that not only is there and ipcc investigation into what happened in the police force, but that a separate part of the metropolitan police is carrying out an in-depth investigation, operation fairbank, into what happened. added to that, we now have the overarching justice goddard review to look at institutional failings in discovering child sexual abuse. what i would say to my honorable friend and others in the house who i know are very interested in this issu