Image copyright PA Image caption Prof Alexis Jay said the inquiry will retain all of its investigations The chair of the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse has rejected calls for it to be scrapped or scaled back, saying its scope is “a virtue”.
Prof Alexis Jay said the broad nature of the inquiry would allow it to recommend “fundamental changes”.
She said none of its 13 investigations into allegations of child abuse would be dropped, following a review of the inquiry"s work.
The inquiry has announced it will only hold four public hearings next year.
A report following the internal review – which was ordered by Prof Jay after her appointment in August – set a firm timetable for 2017.
Janner investigationShe said she planned to make recommendations in an interim report in 2018 and vowed to make “substantial progress” by 2020.
However, IICSA officials refused to say when the inquiry would end.
The inquiry also announced it could stop short of investigating whether the late..
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