Paedophile inquiry head Butler-Sloss urged to stand down for being establishment figure

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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Labour MP Simon Danczuk has urged the appointed head of paedophile inquiry, Baroness Butler-Sloss, to stand down from her position after it emerged her brother Sir Michael Havers was Attorney General at the time of the alleged cover-up of a Westminster paedophile ring during early 1980s.

The 80-year-old retired senior judge, Baroness Butler-Sloss has been chosen to chair the probe into whether alleged abuse by politicians and other powerful figures in institutions between the 1970s and 1990s was intentionally ignored and covered-up by various public bodies.

Previously, she had also led the Cleveland child abuse inquiry in the 1980s.

Mr Danczuk has questioned the selection of Baroness Butler-Sloss for the position as her late brother, Sir Havers, was attorney general at the time that many of the allegations relate to, had tried to prevent ex-MP Geoffrey Dickens airing claims about a diplomat in Parliament in the 1980s.

Mr Danczuk has told: “We want somebody in the chair that exudes confidence and that’s not the case. She is part of the establishment and that raises concerns, and the relationship in terms of her brother, I think, is too close for comfort. I think that’s the conclusion most people will reach.

“I think the Government should think again in terms of who they have appointed for this position.

“It beggars belief that that hadn’t been considered in the first place.”

In the wake of criticism regarding Baroness Butler-Sloss appointment to lead the child abuse inquiry, an official spokesperson for Prime Minister David Cameron has told that the PM remains confident that is the right person to lead the review.

He has added: “She commands the very highest respect for her professional expertise and integrity.

“His view is that she does command widespread respect and confidence, and rightly so”.

Baroness Butler-Sloss herself has also dismissed the calls of standing down from the government’s inquiry and stated: “I know absolutely nothing about it. If people think I am not suitable, then that’s up to them.”

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