SCOTLAND
BBC News
Education Secretary John Swinney is to meet survivors of child abuse after some groups said they had lost confidence in the government’s inquiry.
The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry has seen two of its three panel members resign, and has been criticised by survivors groups.
Mr Swinney rejected claims that the government interfered with the inquiry in “the strongest possible terms”.
He said he would “listen carefully” to the concerns of survivors.
The inquiry was announced in December 2014, to investigate historical abuse of children in care at institutions, boarding schools, hospitals and in foster care.
It was formally set up in October 2015, with Susan O’Brien QC chairing, alongside psychology professor Michael Lamb and Glenn Houston.
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