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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Paul Cargill

Ninth phase of Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry to open next spring

Lady Smith chairs the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (PA) - (PA Media)

The ninth phase of hearings in the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI) is set to open in the spring with an investigation of residential care for children and young people with long-term health needs.

The inquiry, chaired by Lady Smith, is tasked with examining historical allegations of the abuse of children in care and began taking statements from witnesses in the spring of 2016.

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