Sir Patrick Cormack FSA

Conservative Party | Staffordshire South

Question on Paediatricians (Child Protection)

Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire) (Con): Does the hon. Lady accept that although it is crucial that we recognise the vital work that paediatricians do and we are not suggesting that their profession has been called into disrepute, the careless evidence and misguided practices of just a handful have caused untold hardship to a number of women, who have suffered unnecessarily in jail?

Ann Keen: This is always a great worry and the hon. Gentleman is right to raise it. We always need to learn lessons, and that is what we are doing in co-operating with other Departments and, in particular, outside bodies that are familiar with the topic.