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The Shadow Health Secretary was speaking after calls to introduce 'Martha's Rule' named after a 13-year-old who died in a London NHS trust after medics failed to escalate her care.
Rob Behrens says he was moved by the plea of Merope Mills, who shared the story of her daughter's death.
The inquiry into the murders and attempted murders of several babies by former neonatal nurse Lucy Letby has been made statutory.
The status of the inquiry into Lucy Letby’s murders has been changed to statutory, meaning witnesses will be compelled to give evidence under oath, the government has announced.
Health Secretary Steve Barclay said it was the families' "clear preference" that the inquiry be made statutory so that judges could compel witnesses.