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Child Protection

In the letter of 18 November, which was sent before I made the statement to the House, I said:"““You may be aware that the Information Commissioner took a decision on a request to make available a Serious Case Review in 2006.””" I said:"““This risk was one of the considerations taken into account by him in that case. He decided to uphold the decision of a local authority to refuse to release the report.””" Then, in the House, I referred to the previous decision taken by the Information Commissioner, which is clearly documented in the letter that I sent to the shadow spokesman and the Liberal Democrat spokesman. At no point have I misled the House, and I ask the hon. Gentleman to withdraw the allegation about my seeking the advice of the Information Commissioner when I did not. It was my decision not to release the serious case review, not the Information Commissioner's, and I ask the hon. Gentleman to withdraw that statement.