SCOTLAND
The Courier
by Gareth McPherson
February 21 2017
A third senior figure on the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry has resigned after the chairman ruled his new jobs risked a conflict of interest.
Glenn Houston resigned from the panel when he was asked by Lady Smith to consider stepping down from the new roles.
One of the posts is at the Disclosure and Barring service, the body which rules who can have contact with children in certain settings, and the other at Northern Health and Social Care Trust.
It is the latest in a series of resignations at the child abuse inquiry, which was set up in 2015 to examine the extent of abuse of children in care.
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