Sex inquiry 'needs chief from abroad The Government should look overseas to recruit an independent figure to lead the inquiry into historic child sex abuse, after a second chairman of the investigation resigned, a senior Conservative has said. Dominic Grieve, the former attorney general, suggested a that suitable candidate to chair the investigation should be found from outside the UK, in order to restore public confidence in the process. His comments came as victims of sexual abuse called for the entire panel of investigators, appointed by the Government, to be sacked. "There are perfectly good reasons to talk to the victims and their representatives if they want to change the remit, but we do need to get on with this inquiry," he said. Undoubtedly we need to find an independent figure. It may be that the best way of doing that is to go abroad to one of the Commonwealth countries with a record of a similar justice system to our own," said Mr Grieve, the Conservative MP for Beaconsfield. Fiona Woolf, the Lord Mayor of London, resigned as chairman of the inquiry panel on Friday amid concern about her links to Lord Brittan, the former home secretary who has denied covering up allegations of child abuse while in office in the Eighties. Her resignation followed that of the first person appointed to lead the inquiry - Baroness Butler-Sloss - who stepped down in July after concerns were raised that her late brother was attorney general in the government, also during the Eighties. The Labour leader, Ed Miliband, accused the Government of having "botched" two attempts to get the investigation going. Theresa May, the Home Secretary, promised to consult victims and MPs before appointing a new chairman. She will make a statement in the Commons tomorrow.