Jeremy Hunt MP, the Health Secretary said in the house; -

"Today I want to apologise on behalf of the Government and the NHS to all the victims who were abused by Savile in NHS-run institutions.

We let them down badly and however long ago it may have been, many of them are still reliving the pain they went through.

If we cannot undo the past, I hope that honesty and transparency about what happened can at least alleviate some of the suffering, it’s the least we owe them.

Savile repeatedly exploited the trust of a nation for his own vile purposes and that victims who spoke up were not believed. He stressed it was important to recognise the profoundly uncomfortable truth of what the victims went through. I know this House, indeed the whole country, will share a deep sense of revulsion at what they (the investigations) revealed.

A litany of disturbing accounts of rape and sexual abuse committed by Savile on vulnerable children and adults over a period of decades.

At the time the victims who spoke up were not believed and it’s important today that we all publicly recognise the truth of what they have said.

But it is a profoundly uncomfortable truth.

Savile was a manipulative, arrogant and controlling sexual predator who exerted an incredible level of influence and power within these hospitals.

But it’s clear from these chilling reports that a culture of turning a blind eye to Savile’s abuse of children was almost endemic among some staff at Leeds General Infirmary and Broadmoor hospital.

When victims spoke up or staff raised concerns they were dismissed out of hand, allowing Savile to operate in a perverse personal fiefdom within these institutions. It’s hard to believe senior staff could be so blind to what was happening at ward level. And we need to question further how much senior staff actually knew and why they allowed a culture where abuse was ignored to exist.

Savile escaped justice because people didn’t want to hear or believe what children were saying. Ministers now need to be satisfied that this could never happen again and that children and vulnerable adults in hospitals or any government facility are safe today.”

He may have said this, but he obviously did not mean it!