SCOTLAND
Scotsman
Survivors say education secretary John Swinney has agreed to look at widening the remit of Scotland’s child abuse inquiry during talks on its future.
The inquiry was thrown into crisis this week following the resignation of its chair, Susan O’Brien, who quit just days after fellow panel member Professor Michael Lamb.
Survivors’ groups met Mr Swinney in Edinburgh today to discuss the inquiry, and said their discussions had been “productive”.
Campaigners want the Scottish Government to extend the inquiry to include children abused by those who had a duty of care, not just those who were abused in institutional settings.
There are also growing calls for the new chair to be appointed from outside of Scotland, with leading barrister Michael Mansfield QC already approached by survivors’ groups.
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