call a public enquiry in respect to the management of the Stafford Hospital.

I believe that if lessons are to be learnt from the situation at the Stafford Hospital then the whole truth into the affair must be dealt with in public.

The relatives of the people involved should be given the opportunity to get answers to the questions they have and to make sure this does not happen again in any other hospital.

Failure by this government to carry out a public enquiry would be an insult to the memories of those who have died unnecessarily and to those who still suffer as a consequence.