Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has defended her decision not to launch a national inquiry into child sexual abuse, as she faced MPs in the Commons.Ms Cooper also raised concerns about how police forces collect data, describing it as "haphazard", before claiming data published on the ethnicity of perpetrators is not adequate.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has defended her decision not to launch a national inquiry into child sexual abuse, as she faced MPs in the Commons.Ms Cooper also raised concerns about how police forces collect data, describing it as "haphazard", before claiming data published on the ethnicity of perpetrators is not adequate.