Waiting for truth
The health minister Michael Matheson is sadly mistaken if he thinks a review of crematoria legislation will “ensure that similar incidents never happen again” (your report, 17 April).
This is a half-hearted attempt to sweep under the carpet what could be one of Scotland’s largest scandals of recent times, with evidence showing the problem is Scotland-wide and is not just confined to Mortonhall.
Common sense dictates that the only reasonable action available to him is to implement a full public inquiry which allows bereaved parents access to the whole truth about what happened to their precious babies’ remains following their cremations.
A public inquiry is the only route to getting all the answers these parents desperately need to allow them to grieve properly for their lost babies and to find some sort of closure.
These are parents who have been faced with one of the worst tragedies imaginable and who were denied the truth at the time of losing their babies, and now it seems they are being denied the truth again.
Some parents have waited two or three decades for answers. Surely the minister is not going to make them wait any longer.
Patrick McGuire
Thompsons Solicitors
Bath Street
Glasgow