Following the publication of the Independent Review of Gender Identity Services for Children and Young People (commonly known as the Cass Review) we have written to the Prime Minister asking for a Public Inquiry into current systemic child safeguarding failures in the whole of the UK.
We hope our supporters will join our call.
The Cass Review has exposed the full extent of the harms that have been done to children by allowing an ideology to override safeguarding. The review is welcome but it must be the beginning of accountability, not the end.
A Public Inquiry is now needed to examine how public bodies and charities, which should have safeguarding at the forefront of their policies, have been subject to regulatory capture, resulting in whistle-blowers having nowhere to turn. We include in this the Department for Education, the NHS, Academia, professional associations dealing with children, teaching unions, OFSTED, the Office of the Childrens’ Commissioner, the NSPCC, Stonewall, and many more.
The fact that so many people from these organisation and others were willing to set aside normal codes of practice, and to work outside of established safeguarding frameworks in favour of supporting an ideology, is deeply concerning. We have seen the widespread disregard of normal safeguarding procedures in the Education Sector with some teachers promoting gender identity ideology and others afraid to speak out for fear of losing their jobs. School leaders have allowed this culture to take hold, encouraged in their turn by unions and the DfE.
These safeguarding failures must stop.
Tanya Carter of Safe Schools Alliance and Lucy Marsh of Family Education Trust first called for a Public Inquiry when giving evidence to the Women and Equalities Select Committee RSHE review evidence session in May 2023. Read our report here.
Please write to your MP to support our call. Supporters are welcome to use our template letter.
“The review is welcome but it must be the beginning of accountability, not the end” Absolutely!