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Recommendation 16
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Recommendation
PE1979: Establish an independent inquiry and an independent national whistleblowing officer to investigate concerns about the alleged mishandling of child safeguarding enquiries by public bodies
Recommendation · verbatim
We invite the Session 7 Committee to consider this petition further and to rigorously pursue the most appropriate means to progress its aims. This could include consideration of whether referring the petition could be appropriate if other committees are undertaking relevant work which would allow substantive scrutiny of the issues.
Source
Committee
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Report
Legacy Report of the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee, Session 6
SP Paper 1066
16 Mar 2026
Timeline
Recommendation age
0.5 yr
Report published
16 Mar 2026