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This petition was submitted during the 2010-2015 parliament

Rejected petition Child Abuse Inquiry

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Dame Butler-Sloss should not be appointed to head the Inquiry into Child Abuse, because, being the sister of Michael Havers, (Attorney General at the time of the scandal), and also being a parliamentarian, public perception will be that the inquiry is tainted.

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