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He advised Express.co.uk: “Literally within days of the safeguarding minister Jess Phillips saying that local inquiries are more effective, they reject it.
“I have been calling for this for years but at every juncture I am met with people who will not entertain a local inquiry.
“Tracy Brabin, the Mayor of West Yorkshire will not entertain a local inquiry, nor will Alison Lowe (Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime) who says ‘this is a local issue, not a national one.
“There are two main reasons given for refusing an inquiry. Firstly, it is too expensive but I do not accept that when they have just spent £40 million on an empty music venue.
“Secondly, they say that they will learn nothing new. I’m sorry but I do not accept that this costs too much, what is the cost of justice?”
A 2021 report by Bradford Safeguarding officers into youngster sexual exploitation made X suggestions however has been labelled as insufficient by Moore.
He stated: “The report was 50 pages long which is an indication of the lack of depth but also, they only looked at five children and they did not address the scale that this crime was perpetrated at, which could dwarf what we have seen in places such as Rotherham.”
The report didn’t handle the problems of grooming gangs immediately, as a substitute, it centered on youngster abuse extra usually, leaving Moore believing that its findings are insufficient if native authorities are to uncover the dimensions of the problem in Bradford and take steps to stop it occurring once more.
Earlier this week the Prime Minister doubled down on his insistence {that a} nationwide inquiry was not the best method of dealing with a problem which has plagued cities and cities throughout the nation.
He advised MPs that the Jay report which was commissioned by Prime Minister Theresa May in 2015 took seven years to succeed in its conclusion as he warned {that a} nationwide inquiry might delay justice for victims into the 2030s.
The declare was rubbished by Moore who believes {that a} new nationwide inquiry wouldn’t delay the prosecution of these concerned.
He stated: You can have a twin-tracked course of. They might enact the suggestions in full while additionally holding a nationwide inquiry, you are able to do each, there may be nothing to cease the prosecution of these concerned.
“There are also large elements of the pakistani-community, who want this inquiry so that they can show that it is a minority of their community involved in this.
“There are 50 areas of concern that need to be looked at, with that many, how can this not be appropriate for a national inquiry?”
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