Baby Peter: cabinet member for Children and Young People apologises

Cllr Liz Santry, Haringey Council cabinet member for Children and Young People, said:

“On behalf of Haringey Council I would like to say how deeply saddened I am about the death of Baby Peter. This is a really tragic occurrence and the circumstances of his death are really dreadful.

“He died over 15 months ago, and for those past 15 months in Haringey there has been a huge amount of anguish, and endless discussion about what more we might have done to save this little boy.

“I have to say that we are truly sorry that we did not do more to protect him. Our duty is to protect our children. We did not do so in this instance and I would like to say how truly sorry we are.

“The Government has arranged for inspectors to come into Haringey. They are arriving this afternoon and we absolutely welcome their arrival. We will do everything we can to be open and cooperative with them and the conclusions that they reach we will implement swiftly and comprehensively.

“We want to do everything we possibly can to make our child protection procedures as strong as possible. What I hope to do is that we will wait until the end of the review, in two weeks time, and until we know the outcome I will rule nothing in and nothing out. I reiterate how very sad and distressed we are about the death of Baby Peter.”

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