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Hello, I'm Sean Curran, and this is today in Parliament from BBC Radio 4.

For Tuesday, the 21st of October, when a Home Office Minister defended the government's handling

of an inquiry into grooming gangs in England and Wales.

Allegations of intentional delay, lack of interest or widening of the inquiry scope and dilution are false.

There's talk of desperate measures to reduce hospital waiting times.

Just last month, a coffee shop at the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford

was converted into an emergency ward to treat any patients.

And should drivers who kill ever be allowed behind the wheel again?

It's a type of driving that leaves you horrified.

Now consider that if the outcome of that

driving is that someone is killed, the minimum of disqualification period is five years. But first,

the Home Office Minister Jess Phillips has denied that the National Inquiry into grooming

gangs is in crisis following the resignation of abuse survivors. On Monday, Fiona Goddard and Ellie Ann Reynolds stood down from the victim's liaison panel

in protest at how the government had handled the process.

They also complained that the two candidates shortlisted to chair the inquiry

had backgrounds in policing and social services.

Jess Phillips told the Commons the appointment of an inquiry chair was at a critical stage.

Victims and survivors are meeting prospective chairs this week. Today, in fact, this process,

contrary to the reporting, was not managed by the Home Office, but by an

independent child exploitation charity, the NWG. We are gathering views to ensure their perspective

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