As a new government emerges and political parties decide on new battlegrounds, we can be assured that child sexual abuse has been accepted as a non-party political issue.
All parties support the need for action. This is reflected in the letters signed recently by cross-party MPs calling for a review of the decision not to prosecute Lord Janner and as far back as 2012 when the call for an overarching child sexual abuse inquiry began.
The Conservative manifesto affirmed its commitment to the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse, led by New Zealand judge Lowell Goddard.
Some politicians have set an example. Their actions in effect say there is no place for boundaries to limit what we need to do to protect children and prevent abuse.
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