To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) males and (b) females (i) were found guilty of and (ii) pleaded guilty to complicity in or assisting (A) a suicide and (B) infanticide in (1) Tamworth and (2) the West Midlands in the last period for...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) males and (b) females (i) were found guilty of and (ii) pleaded guilty to complicity in or assisting (A) a suicide and (B) infanticide in (1) Tamworth and (2) the West Midlands in the last period for...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) males and (b) females (i) were found guilty of and (ii) pleaded guilty to complicity in or assisting (A) a suicide and (B) infanticide in (1) Southend on Sea, (2) Essex, (3) the Metropolitan police area of...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) males and (b) females (i) were found guilty of and (ii) pleaded guilty to complicity in or assisting (A) a suicide and (B) infanticide in (1) Southend on Sea, (2) Essex, (3) the Metropolitan police area of...

(3) how many pathologists were involved in the review of cases of parents convicted of killing their own children following the Sally Clark judgment.

(3) how many pathologists were involved in the review of cases of parents convicted of killing their own children following the Sally Clark judgment.

(2) what procedures were followed in reviewing the cases of parents convicted of killing their own children;

(2) what procedures were followed in reviewing the cases of parents convicted of killing their own children;

To ask the Solicitor-General (1) how many cases of parents prosecuted for killing their children have been reviewed following the Sally Clark judgment; and how many of these cases have been re-investigated;

To ask the Solicitor-General (1) how many cases of parents prosecuted for killing their children have been reviewed following the Sally Clark judgment; and how many of these cases have been re-investigated;

My right hon. Friend the Attorney General has made the following Oral Statement. ““I wish to make a statement announcing the outcome of my review of Shaken Baby Syndrome cases and to also make the House aware of new guidance relating to expert witnesses in court. The House will recall...

My right hon. Friend the Attorney General has made the following Oral Statement. ““I wish to make a statement announcing the outcome of my review of Shaken Baby Syndrome cases and to also make the House aware of new guidance relating to expert witnesses in court. The House will recall...

My Lords, I thank the noble and learned Lord the Attorney-General for repeating the Statement. Unlike the noble Earl, Lord Howe, I did not have the advantage of having a copy of the review, but I do not hold the noble and learned Lord responsible for that. Unlike the noble Earl, I do not intend to concentrate...

My Lords, I thank the noble and learned Lord the Attorney-General for repeating the Statement. Unlike the noble Earl, Lord Howe, I did not have the advantage of having a copy of the review, but I do not hold the noble and learned Lord responsible for that. Unlike the noble Earl, I do not intend to concentrate...

My Lords, I welcome the great care my noble and learned friend has put into examining this very difficult issue and his statement that he has had a personal role in supervising the review. That is a great encouragement to all of us. It is a consolation that in only three...

My Lords, I welcome the great care my noble and learned friend has put into examining this very difficult issue and his statement that he has had a personal role in supervising the review. That is a great encouragement to all of us. It is a consolation that in only three...

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble and learned friend for what he has said. The change in disclosure for experts is intended to deal with all experts. The House may recall that one of the problems that arose in the Sally Clark case—indeed, the issue upon which the Court...

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble and learned friend for what he has said. The change in disclosure for experts is intended to deal with all experts. The House may recall that one of the problems that arose in the Sally Clark case—indeed, the issue upon which the Court...

My Lords, I thank the noble Earl and the noble Baroness for their welcome for this report. There is a great deal in what they said with which I wholeheartedly agree. For example, I entirely agree with the noble Baroness that we need justice for parents and for children. Sadly, there are cases...

My Lords, I thank the noble Earl and the noble Baroness for their welcome for this report. There is a great deal in what they said with which I wholeheartedly agree. For example, I entirely agree with the noble Baroness that we need justice for parents and for children. Sadly, there are cases...

My Lords, with the leave the House, I wish to make a Statement announcing the outcome of my review of shaken baby syndrome cases and to make the House aware of new guidance relating to expert witnesses in court. The House will recall the high-profile cases of Sally Clark, Trupti Patel...

My Lords, with the leave the House, I wish to make a Statement announcing the outcome of my review of shaken baby syndrome cases and to make the House aware of new guidance relating to expert witnesses in court. The House will recall the high-profile cases of Sally Clark, Trupti Patel...

My Lords, I begin by thanking the noble and learned Lord the Attorney-General for his Statement, which I welcome without hesitation. I also thank him for making available to me this morning an advance copy of his review. I fully acknowledge the detailed work that was carried out into infant death by the central review...

My Lords, I begin by thanking the noble and learned Lord the Attorney-General for his Statement, which I welcome without hesitation. I also thank him for making available to me this morning an advance copy of his review. I fully acknowledge the detailed work that was carried out into infant death by the central review...

My Lords, I am sure the House is grateful to the noble and learned Lord for sharing his experience in these areas. I am not sure that I would quite go along with what he said about the prevalence of serious injury from limited shaking, but we need not go into that. He made...

My Lords, I am sure the House is grateful to the noble and learned Lord for sharing his experience in these areas. I am not sure that I would quite go along with what he said about the prevalence of serious injury from limited shaking, but we need not go into that. He made...

My Lords, as the noble Earl, Lord Howe, reminded the House, many of these problems apply to family courts in exactly the same way as they apply to criminal cases, and sometimes to an even more complicated degree. For example, a tribunal judge will not be dealing with a case where...

My Lords, as the noble Earl, Lord Howe, reminded the House, many of these problems apply to family courts in exactly the same way as they apply to criminal cases, and sometimes to an even more complicated degree. For example, a tribunal judge will not be dealing with a case where...

My Lords, the noble Earl makes some important points. I shall pass on to my colleagues what he says about social workers, which is of course very much outside my remit. The guidance that I referred to today is for those being called to give expert evidence in criminal trials. As to...

My Lords, the noble Earl makes some important points. I shall pass on to my colleagues what he says about social workers, which is of course very much outside my remit. The guidance that I referred to today is for those being called to give expert evidence in criminal trials. As to...

My Lords, this report will be of widespread interest throughout the United Kingdom—in Scotland, as well as in the areas for which the noble and learned Lord the Attorney-General is responsible. Can he tell the House, in this United Kingdom Parliament, whether the Lord Advocate intends a review of the kind that...

My Lords, this report will be of widespread interest throughout the United Kingdom—in Scotland, as well as in the areas for which the noble and learned Lord the Attorney-General is responsible. Can he tell the House, in this United Kingdom Parliament, whether the Lord Advocate intends a review of the kind that...

My Lords, criminal law in Scotland is in a special category and not a matter for this Parliament—it has long been a matter particular to Scotland. I am afraid that I cannot tell the noble Baroness whether the Lord Advocate is conducting a similar review, but he knows very well that this is...

My Lords, criminal law in Scotland is in a special category and not a matter for this Parliament—it has long been a matter particular to Scotland. I am afraid that I cannot tell the noble Baroness whether the Lord Advocate is conducting a similar review, but he knows very well that this is...

My Lords, does the noble and learned Lord agree that when asking social workers to make these very difficult and delicate judgments in families, and when we ask them to follow the guidance that he has produced, we must allow many of them to have smaller caseloads, so they can give...

My Lords, does the noble and learned Lord agree that when asking social workers to make these very difficult and delicate judgments in families, and when we ask them to follow the guidance that he has produced, we must allow many of them to have smaller caseloads, so they can give...

Lords statement on the outcome of the review of shaken baby syndrome cases.

Lords statement on the outcome of the review of shaken baby syndrome cases.

The Leader of the House will be aware that the paediatrician Professor Sir Roy Meadow is appearing before the General Medical Council in response to allegations of misdiagnosis in certain child death cases. Eighteen months ago, the Minister for Children and the Solicitor-General made statements to the House about the...

The Leader of the House will be aware that the paediatrician Professor Sir Roy Meadow is appearing before the General Medical Council in response to allegations of misdiagnosis in certain child death cases. Eighteen months ago, the Minister for Children and the Solicitor-General made statements to the House about the...