An official inquiry by Lord Laming subsequently laid down a raft of recommendations designed to prevent similar cases of abuse.

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If he, and his wife, possibly can they want the Laming report to be noticed - and to make a difference.

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The government has asked Lord Laming to review if his recommendations stemming from the Climbie case were being put into practice nationwide.

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Lord Laming is expected to report to Mr Milburn in the autumn.

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Chris Mills, who spent eight years in child protection, said Lord Laming's original reforms had in themselves made social workers' lives more difficult.

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Baroness Delyth Morgan, a minister in the Department for Children, Schools and Families, said that all of Lord Laming's recommendations would be implemented.

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Lord Laming, who carried out a wide-ranging review of child protection services after Baby P's death, said the tragedy reinforced his belief that reforms had to be implemented nationwide.

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Lord Laming, who reviewed child protection in England in the wake of Baby P's death, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that more training was needed for frontline staff.

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She added that Ed Balls, Secretary of State at the DCSF, had instructed Lord Laming to report on progress in implementing safeguarding arrangements for children in England in light of the Baby P case.

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