Vetting scheme ‘would not protect children as paedophiles operate online’
By Martin Beckford, Telegraph
Children would not be protected by Labour’s controversial anti-paedophile database, according to experts, because sexual predators are more likely to find victims online rather than in their workplaces.
A new report claims that the world’s biggest vetting scheme, which has now been put on hold, would not have prevented the crimes committed by Ian Huntley or Vanessa George.
It goes on to warn that the project – which is intended to check on the backgrounds of up to 9million adults who want to work with young or vulnerable people – will end up wrongly barring innocent adults because of its inexperienced staff and lack of an appeal process.
Campaigners say that the concerns raised by academics and crime experts show that the entire Vetting and Barring Scheme, and the quango that is implementing it, the Independent Safeguarding Authority, should be scrapped completely. Theresa May, the Home Secretary, has suspended its introduction until it can be scaled back to “common sense” levels.
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