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<p> </p><p>The Inquiry panel of experts, announced by my Rt hon Friend the Home Secretary
on 7th July, is currently being set up. It will review whether public bodies and other
non-state institutions have taken seriously their duty of care to protect children
from sexual abuse.</p><p>My Rt hon Friend informed the House on 5th September that
it will be chaired by Fiona Woolf. Its terms of reference are yet to be determined
but the Home Secretary will consider carefully any representations made to her concerning
those.</p><p>The Inquiry will co-operate fully with devolved administrations, and
in Wales it will consider some non-devolved matters relating to institutions there
such as policing. As these equivalent issues are devolved to the Scottish Government
and the Northern Ireland Executive it will be a matter for those administrations to
consider how they should be addressed.</p><p>The Home Secretary has given an assurance
that the Home Office will talk to the devolved administrations and work with them
in respect of this Inquiry.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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