Backlash over strip-searched girl shows UK cares about minorities, says Kemi Badenoch

The equalities minister condemns the treatment of Child Q, but adds that police are saving the lives of young people all across this country'

The equalities minister, Kemi Badenoch, has strongly condemned the strip-searching of a 15-year-old black girl in a London school, but said the public backlash against the incident shows the UK is a country that cares about ethnic minorities".

The experiences of Child Q were repeatedly raised with Badenoch by MPs, as she presented the government's strategy for tackling racial disparities in the UK.