Four months ago, the Home Secretary invited me to chair the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse. When I accepted, I said that I would lead this Inquiry with pace, confidence and clarity. I also said that I would build on the work of the Inquiry to date and overcome the challenges it faced.
While the Inquiry had made progress in some areas, I was concerned that it had struggled in a number of others and had failed to demonstrate progress overall. In addition, I did not believe that the Inquiry had consistently undertaken its work in a timely, inclusive and transparent way. It was apparent to me and the Panel that the Inquiry could not be delivered through a traditional public inquiry approach alone.
https://www.iicsa.org.uk/key-documents/935/view/IICSA%20Review%20Report_Final_alt_v4_ACCESS.pdf
While the Inquiry had made progress in some areas, I was concerned that it had struggled in a number of others and had failed to demonstrate progress overall. In addition, I did not believe that the Inquiry had consistently undertaken its work in a timely, inclusive and transparent way. It was apparent to me and the Panel that the Inquiry could not be delivered through a traditional public inquiry approach alone.
https://www.iicsa.org.uk/key-documents/935/view/IICSA%20Review%20Report_Final_alt_v4_ACCESS.pdf
