A safeguarding report found the search on the 15-year-old girl was unjustified and racism was 'likely' to have been a factor.
The government is taking the case of a black pupil who was strip-searched at her school "extremely seriously", according to the policing minister.Policing Minister Kit Malthouse called the report "troubling and deeply concerning".Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy, who tabled an urgent question in parliament on the incident, described it as a "perverse racist degradation of this child".
Responding to the urgent question on the Child Q case, Mr Malthouse said: "We obviously take this matter extremely seriously. "This experience will have been traumatic for the child involved and the impact on her welfare should not be underestimated. "Members of the public must be treated fairly and without prejudice no matter their race, age or background."
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