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Delivery No statement from the addressee found

Recommendation 153: Press reporting restraints

From The Report of the Inquiry into the Removal of Children from Orkney in February 1991, published 27 October 1992.

Recommendation

Consideration should be given to the desirability or otherwise of introducing further restraints on press reporting of proceedings before Children’s Hearings and in the Sheriff Court in children’s cases (18.35-36).

Jurisdiction: UK-wide
Page: 361
Reference: Summary of Recommendations, no. 153

Government response

No government response to this recommendation is on the record yet.

Delivery

No statement on delivery from the addressee has been found in the sources searched (last checked 27 February 2026). This is separate from the response above.

Source

Report The Report of the Inquiry into the Removal of Children from Orkney in February 1991 27 Oct 1992
Recommendation made 34.0 years ago