is an issue in which when i was the shadow home secretary, when i was the chair of the home affairs select committee, i worked with government ministers on, and in which there has been cross—party consensus on the need to tackle these very serious and vile crimes. this is the most appalling crimes against children. the brutal rape, repeated multiple rapes of children, particularly young girls, but also young boys in the most appalling of circumstances and the abuse of trust for those children. often it be people who should have protected them, who should have looked after them, and where institutions failed to keep them safe. that is why the independent inquiry was so important. it's why i called for it. it's where many other people in this house, across this house, called for it, and it's why we supported it. when the previous government set it up. but the truth is, there just has not been enough action to tackle these vile crimes. there hasn't been enough change to policies, to the way in which services operate at local level. and that is a deep failing that those changes have not taken place. he

talk to jake richards, the l let's talk to jake richards, the labour mp and member of the home affairs select committee last week you and the prime minister were saying the focus should be on implementing the recommendations of the big previous inquiry into child sexual abuse and it would be wrong to have a new set of inquiries now. what has changed?— to have a new set of inquiries now. what has changed? actually the focus ofthe what has changed? actually the focus of the home — what has changed? actually the focus of the home secretary's _ what has changed? actually the focus of the home secretary's statement i of the home secretary's statement today was exactly that, implementing the 20 recommendations from the last national review we had, which published in october of 2022 and set out 20 recommendations. the last government didn't make progress on them and this government is. a number of them have started being developed in the home office and today the home secretary announced a timetable for the rest of the recommendations to be implemented will be published before easter. in my view that is the m