Member

Like the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, I urge the Minister to consider coming back at Third Reading with the extension back to 12 months, to reassure the parents who have lost their children that others will not have the stress and anxiety that the time the Government are offering is inadequate. I know that Ellen Roome, to whom the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, referred, would very much appreciate a meeting with the Minister, which I and perhaps the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, could also join, just to talk through these points in detail. If I may, I say on her behalf that she wrote to the Attorney-General at the beginning of December with an application to reopen the inquest into her son’s death, which I think lasted less than half an hour. She has still received only a notification that it is under consideration. I plead with the Minister that she should get a decent and respectful reply as quickly as possible.