Poll: Should it be illegal to fail to report child sexual abuse?
As former director of public prosecutions Keir Starmer says failing to report allegations of child sexual abuse should be made a criminal offence, we want to know what Star readers think.
Mr Starmer believes it is time to "change the law" and said it should be "mandatory" to report allegations.
Speaking on BBC Panorama, he said: "I think the time has come to change the law and close a gap that's been there for a very long time."
Abuse lawyer Liz Dux, of Slater & Gordon, who represent more than 70 of Jimmy Savile's victims, said: "The Savile scandal has prompted a welcome shift in attitude towards child abuse - but there is so much more that needs to be done to make sure evil like this can never prosper again."
However, the Government currently has no plans to change the law - with the Department for Education stating that mandatory reporting is "not the answer".
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