Tebbit hints at political cover-up over child abuse in 1980s
Ex-Thatcher minister says politicians' instincts were to protect 'the system' as it emerged that 114 more documents were lost
Lord Tebbit with Baroness Kennedy on The Andrew Marr Show: 'There may well have been [a cover-up]. But it was almost unconscious. It was the thing that people did at that time.' Photograph: Jeff Overs/BBC/PA
Sunday 6 July 2014
The former Conservative cabinet minister Lord Tebbit has said he believes there "may well" have been a political cover-up over child abuse in the 1980s.
