SCOTLAND
The National
JULY 19TH, 2016 JANICE BURNS
SURVIVORS have written to Deputy First Minister recommending three big names to replace the former chair of Scotland’s controversial child abuse inquiry.
In Care Abuse Survivors (INCAS), which represents the largest number of survivors in Scotland, has asked John Swinney to consider giving the job to leading English human rights barrister Michael Mansfield, or Scottish lawyers Lord Malcolm or Lord McEwan.
Earlier this month, the inquiry’s former chair Susan O’Brien QC resigned after formal proceedings were launched to remove her following claims she made comments that were offensive to survivors.
Panel member Professor Michael Lamb had stepped down just days before, saying the review was “doomed’’ due to interference by Scottish Government ministers.
Education Minister Swinney then met with child abuse survivors after saying they had lost faith in the inquiry. He denied claims of interference from ministers, said he was “utterly committed to an independent inquiry” and agreed to consider expanding the remit of the inquiry.
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