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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jemma Crew

Policing minister criticised for ‘lack of urgency’ over Child Q strip search

PA Wire

The policing minister has been criticised for a “distinct lack of urgency” after repeatedly saying the Government must wait for the outcome of a police watchdog report into the strip search of a black schoolgirl.

Kit Malthouse said Child Q “could have been any one of our relatives” as he condemned the “dreadful” incident, adding that the revulsion provoked by the case “is not confined to women”.

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