Minister says govt are 'committed' to grooming gang inquiry

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Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds says the government is committed to "getting to the truth of what happened" in the grooming gang inquiry. "Our job now is to reubild trust and confidence of the victims because their voices have to be at the centre of this inquiry," she added.  Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00As a government, we are intent and committed to getting to the truth of what happened here.

00:08It is a horrific case where victims have been subject to the most horrific grooming and exploitation.

00:15And I want to reassure victims and the public that the Home Secretary and the government are not going to water down this inquiry.

00:23We're not going to expand the scope of the inquiry.

00:25And it will look at difficult questions with regard to the religious and ethnic background of the offenders.

00:32And our job now is to rebuild trust and confidence of the victims because their voices have to be at the centre of this inquiry.

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