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Gary Robertson - Good Morning Scotland

27/02/2015

Gary Robertson sits in

BBC Radio Scotland - Morning Call, Gary Robertson sits in

Gary Robertson asks if not reporting suspicions of child abuse should be made illegal.

Gary Robertson sits in for Kaye Adams and asks if not reporting suspicions of child abuse should be made a criminal offence and if the licence fee is good value for money.

Should it be a criminal offence not to report suspicions of child abuse? Call 0500 929500 [standard rates]

Jimmy Savile abused 63 people connected to Stoke Mandeville Hospital, but the one formal complaint made was ignored, an independent report has found. It found Savile's reputation as a "sex pest" was an "open secret" among some staff - but allegations probably did not reach managers. Now, some of Jimmy Savile's victims are calling on the government to make it a criminal offence not to report child abuse, an approach known as "mandatory reporting". David Cameron has previously suggested that he is supportive of new legislation. Labour revealed earlier this week that it wants those working in schools, hospitals and childcare to be obliged by law to report suspected child abuse. Mandatory reporting of child abuse is already in force in Northern Ireland, the US and Australia.

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MPs on the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee say that the BBC licence fee is becoming harder and harder to justify, and doesn't have a long term future. The committee wants to see the BBC reduce its services in some areas and for the corporation's governing body, the BBC trust, to be abolished.

Gary Robertson asks: Is the licence fee good value for money? Call 0500 929500 [standard rates] text 80295.

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