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Interesting interview from Kenya Badenock there
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particularly at the end, speaking about Scotland. Some pressure on the SNP, saying that this national inquiry
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which was launched in June, expected to look at just England and Wales
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The Conservatives now say that that should extend to Scotland. That comes after quite a lot of controversy about a review
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announced by the SNP government last week into the gangs, after a lot of pressure, particularly when GB News revealed
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a Glasgow grooming gang last month. Also some discussion on collaboration, which we heard during the press conference here moments ago
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speaking about opportunities for other political parties to get involved and questions for the Conservatives
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and why they didn't reach out to other parties before launching this set of terms of reference
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But I'm very happy to say now, joined by one of the panellists from that event
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Fiona Goddard, a survivor and campaigner from Bradford. Fiona, what do you make of this Conservative announcement today
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I think that the terms are really good. I think that they highlight the key issues that have been controversial
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within the grooming gang scandal and gone unaccounted for for so long
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while also acknowledging other people's experiences and making sure that all grooming gang survivors' experiences are taken into account
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Some pressure on the Conservatives about collaboration, about not reaching out to other political parties
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You've been calling for all people to get involved. Do you want other parties now to get in touch with the Tories and campaigners to make sure that happens
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Yeah, I would encourage every political party to come together, reach out to the Conservatives
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and become a force to be able to make sure this inquiry is done properly
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And what are you saying to the Labour government now Because it six months on since this inquiry was announced There criticism from a lot of people about the lack of progress They say they committed to this inquiry What your perspective I think it just needs to start making progress
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They need to get on with it. They need to start listening to what people are saying and
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take things into consideration rather than thinking they're no better. Fiona, we've been
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speaking to a lot of survivors engaging with the government on this and they've been saying recently that they're quite concerned about the terms of reference in terms of how far
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back it will look. Kemi Badenock, speaking to us earlier this morning, said that this inquiry should be expansive
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It should look back into when these crimes happened. No limit on that
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Do you share that perspective? Yeah, I think that no matter how long ago it was, if someone comes forward with an experience
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as a grooming gang survivor, it needs to be taken into consideration and become part of
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any inquiry, excluding survivors, exclude certain information that could be so important
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to the bigger picture. We're also hearing information from Kimmy Baden-Ock saying that this inquiry should go to Scotland
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Now, you told us last month about you being trafficked from Bradford to Glasgow at the height of your abuse
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that drugs were involved in that as well, the same pattern that we saw in so much of England and Wales
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But what's your reaction to Kimmy Baden-Ock's demand that this inquiry goes all over Great Britain
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I think Scotland definitely needs to have an inquiry that needs to work hand-in-hand with..
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the government in England. I think the problem is doing one together can then
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broaden the scope a bit too much. If Scotland did its own that fed into the UK one
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it could also work as holding the UK inquiry to account and the same vice versa
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so then we can make sure that there is no cover-up happening within the inquiries as well
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Thank you so much for your time this morning
