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| Mortonhall baby ashes: Families 'stunned' over report move | Mortonhall baby ashes: Families 'stunned' over report move |
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| Parents of babies whose ashes were disposed of without their knowledge have said they were "stunned" to learn a report into the scandal was handed over last week. | Parents of babies whose ashes were disposed of without their knowledge have said they were "stunned" to learn a report into the scandal was handed over last week. |
| Dame Elish Angiolini submitted her investigation into the cremation of babies at the council-run Mortonhall facility in Edinburgh last week. | Dame Elish Angiolini submitted her investigation into the cremation of babies at the council-run Mortonhall facility in Edinburgh last week. |
| But it has been revealed the council failed to tell the families involved. | |
| The crematorium buried or scattered the ashes of babies for decades. | The crematorium buried or scattered the ashes of babies for decades. |
| But parents had been told there would be nothing left to scatter after their babies had been cremated. Hundreds of families were affected and many are considering legal action. | But parents had been told there would be nothing left to scatter after their babies had been cremated. Hundreds of families were affected and many are considering legal action. |
| Former Dame Elish, the former lord advocate, gave her findings to the council on 14 April after a probe into former practices at the crematorium. | Former Dame Elish, the former lord advocate, gave her findings to the council on 14 April after a probe into former practices at the crematorium. |
| City council chief executive Sue Bruce confirmed on Tuesday she has received the report and said the council would be writing to parents to outline when it would be published. | City council chief executive Sue Bruce confirmed on Tuesday she has received the report and said the council would be writing to parents to outline when it would be published. |
| She added: "I fully appreciate that parents will be anxious to read the report and we are keen for them to receive a copy as soon as possible. We will be writing to parents in the coming days outlining the timing of publication." | She added: "I fully appreciate that parents will be anxious to read the report and we are keen for them to receive a copy as soon as possible. We will be writing to parents in the coming days outlining the timing of publication." |
| Dorothy Maitland, operations director of the Stillborn and Neonatal Death Society (Sands) Lothians, who is also one of the affected parents, said she was "very, very disappointed" that no-one from the council had let her know they had received the report. | Dorothy Maitland, operations director of the Stillborn and Neonatal Death Society (Sands) Lothians, who is also one of the affected parents, said she was "very, very disappointed" that no-one from the council had let her know they had received the report. |
| She told BBC Radio Scotland: "I think they could have informed us that the report was with the council. None of us have slept last night. | She told BBC Radio Scotland: "I think they could have informed us that the report was with the council. None of us have slept last night. |
| "I would like to meet with Sue Bruce and discuss how we are going to support all these parents, bearing in mind that I am an affected parent and I am very scared that what I have actually been told is in fact not the truth. | "I would like to meet with Sue Bruce and discuss how we are going to support all these parents, bearing in mind that I am an affected parent and I am very scared that what I have actually been told is in fact not the truth. |
| "Everybody's emotions are going all over the place at the moment." | "Everybody's emotions are going all over the place at the moment." |
| Patrick McGuire, from Thompsons Solicitors, who represents many of the families involved, said: "Firstly, I would have to say the families and myself are stunned that we learned this news through reports in the media. | Patrick McGuire, from Thompsons Solicitors, who represents many of the families involved, said: "Firstly, I would have to say the families and myself are stunned that we learned this news through reports in the media. |
| "My clients are bereaved parents who have been to hell and back over this whole business and they expect to be treated in a sympathetic and decent manner. | "My clients are bereaved parents who have been to hell and back over this whole business and they expect to be treated in a sympathetic and decent manner. |
| "Being kept properly informed is the least they could expect from Edinburgh City Council after what they have been through." | "Being kept properly informed is the least they could expect from Edinburgh City Council after what they have been through." |