The flurry of activity from ministers implementing recommendations from inquiries while resisting calls for further investigations into grooming gangs reflects a troubling pattern in Westminster's response to scandal.
Every government seems to undergo a stage of resisting inquiries into scandals. Initially, they claim that another inquiry will yield nothing new and will waste resources.
Ultimately, even when faced with these initial refusals, the reality is that, often, a limited non-statutory inquiry is established just to placate public concern, which later leads to a full inquiry.
Triggers from outside Westminster, like tech billionaires stirring public discourse, remind us that many known issues remain ignored until they are suddenly thrust into the spotlight.
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