Health Secretary Wes Streeting rejects calls for a new national inquiry into grooming gangs, citing the existing Alexis Jay report and the need to implement its recommendations. He highlights the importance of addressing the systemic issues, including corruption and fear of accusations of racism, identified in the report.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting was also asked about a reluctance by Labour to launch a national inquiry into grooming gangs .Trevor Phillips asks what the reason is for this.The minister says: 'The reason we're not doing another national inquiry is because there has already been a national inquiry.'He points to the Alexis Jay report into sexual exploitation of children in Rotherham .
'In terms of the local inquiries, it was the Rotherham inquiry - led by Louise Casey - that had the guts to turn around and say that part of the problem there was yes, corruption, but also the fact that some people were not speaking up for fear of being accused of being racist.'That is not acceptable.'The minister says the government would encourage Oldham to have an inquiry - 'we would absolutely support them in doing that'.
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