Written question asked by Lord Watts (Labour) on Tuesday, 30 January 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 5 February 2001. It was answered by Malcolm Wicks (Labour) on Monday, 5 February 2001 on behalf of the Department for Education and Employment.

Dept for Education and Employment

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the Royal Liverpool Children's Inquiry. - (Holding answer 1 February 2001).

Answer: Mr. Watts: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will make a statement on the Royal Liverpool Children's Inquiry. [148395] Mr. Wicks: [holding answer 1 February 2001]: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education and Employment endorses the statement made by the Secretary of State for Health on 30 January about the Royal Liverpool Children's Inquiry. In particular, he adds his sympathy to the parents who are affected by the dreadful events described in the report. University medical schools will co-operate fully with the NHS Trusts in cataloguing collections of tissue, and will help the NHS Trusts implement the recommendations of the Commission which has been established to oversee the return of tissues and organs in the collections. The Council of the University of Liverpool has been asked to take prompt and effective disciplinary action against their employees, where this is warranted. In addition, Ministers have asked Sir Brian Follett, Vice- Chancellor of the University of Warwick, to carry out a review of the adequacy of appraisal and disciplinary procedures for senior staff working in both university medical schools and the NHS.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 362 c421-2W;362 c421W; 148395
Session: 2000-01
Subjects: Children Doctors Organs Post-mortems Training Removal Retention and Storage of Organs at the Royal Liverpool Children's NHS Trust Inquiry Royal Liverpool Children's NHS Trust Alder Hey Children's Hospital University of Liverpool
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