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Questions over choice of Butler-Sloss as head of child abuse allegations inquiry
Keith Vaz surprised at appointment of peer as senior civil servant admits missing 114 files on abuse ‘probably destroyed’
Keith Vaz questioned the appointment of peer and retired judge Lady Butler-Sloss as head of the inquiry into child abuse allegations. Photograph: Martin Godwin
The government faced questions on Tuesday over the appointment of a member of the House of Lords as the chair of a public inquiry into “serious failings by public bodies and important institutions” in their handling of allegations of child abuse.
Keith Vaz, the chairman of the commons home affairs select committee, expressed surprise at the appointment of a parliamentarian. “Su[r]prised that the government has chosen a member of the House of Lords no matter how distinguished to head the inquiry,” Vaz tweeted after the appointment of the retired high court judge Lady Butler-Sloss.
The former Labour minister had earlier made clear at a meeting of his committee that he intended no personal criticism of Butler-Sloss. But he questioned whether it was right to appoint a parliamentarian to chair the inquiry when questions were being asked about whether alleged paedophiles operated at Westminster.
Bill Bard says:
The bastards want to keep the enquiry ”in house” it should be PUBLIC.
Steve says:
May I suggest an Open Season on Paedos and Paedo protectors, perhaps a bounty… £100 a testicle? and to get even comatose slobs interested, perhaps a free Big Mac?
Source: http://philosophers-stone.co.uk/wordpress/2014/07/questions-over-choice-of-butler-sloss-as-head-of-child-abuse-allegations-inquiry/
