Member

Under Operation Beaconport, we are bringing together policing across England and Wales to ensure that the wrongs of the past are rectified. The national police operation and national inquiry will work together, respecting each other’s independence and ensuring that those who have failed in their duty are held to account. If we look to the future, the provisions of the Bill that we will soon debate at greater length will put in place the mandatory duty—which I know the noble Lord, Lord Meston, will speak to later—to report child sex offences, with criminal sanctions. I hope that, when we get to that, we can have a full debate.