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A heated row broke out out during a motion calling for mandatory reporting of concerns of child sexual abuse as councillors were heckled and calls for a further public inquiry in Oldham were defeated.
Proceedings had to be twice adjourned at a meeting of the full council at Oldham’s civic centre on Wednesday night after protesters in the public gallery interrupted proceedings and shouted at councillors during and after the motion.
One woman, who became emotional during the debate, was later asked to leave the chamber after wishing ill on a councillor’s children.
The motion – which was agreed by a majority of councillors present – wanted a compulsory duty to report safeguarding concerns enshrined in the Code of Conduct for elected members, and consultation on the duty for officials employed by the council.
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Moved by council leader Arooj Shah it also stated they want to develop and adopt a ‘Victims and Survivors Charter’ in Oldham in consultation with victim and survivor groups.
The motion comes just over a year on from the publication of the assurance review into allegations of child sexual exploitation, and political cover-ups, in the borough in the 2000s.
Coun Shah said the report was a ‘devastating read’ and it ‘lays bare the experiences of those vulnerable girls and boys at the hands of evil men’.
“Nobody who reads it fail to be horrified of what they want through, nor can they fail to be ashamed at the missed opportunities that were there to help them,” she added.
Following the publication of the report the council had made ‘significant progress’, Coun Shah told the meeting. “But it is clear there is much more to be
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