Rotherham Scandal: MPs Quiz Police Chiefs

South Yorkshire Chief Constable David Crompton admits "things should have been done differently" over the Rotherham abuse scandal.

And his predecessor John Hughes faced some tough questioning from MPs, who said child exploitation "on an industrial scale" had taken place on his watch.

Keith Vaz, the chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee, took the unusual step of requiring the witnesses to swear an oath before the hearing got under way.

There were heated exchanges with Mr Hughes, who told MPs: "I had no idea of the scale and scope of this type of organised crime.

"I frankly felt sick.

"I would not turn a blind eye or cover up."

After a 32-year career with the police, he admitted he had "singularly failed the victims of these victims".

Giving evidence to MPs, Mr Crompton said: "I accept things should have been done differently in the past."

But he also told the committee: "Things are better now than they used to be."

They were appearing before the committee following a devastating report which outlined how at least 1,400 children had been subjected to trafficking, rape and other sexual exploitation between 1997 and 2013, and how their plight had been ignored by range of agencies, including police, councillors and council officials.

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