Marina Hyde concludes her powerful piece about the archbishop of Canterbury’s demitting address to the House of Lords with the observation that mandatory reporting should be a legal requirement (Farewell, then, Justin Welby. Good to see that you have already forgiven yourself, 6 November).
Appended to her article online was a list of organisations that victims can contact for support. It would have been useful to include the addresses of ministers and MPs who could enact this, and other benefits for the protection of children and child victims who have grown up, if they legislated on the recommendations of the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse (IICSA).
