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Lucy Letby Facts
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·Sir David Davis MP; Hansard

Sir David Davis MP — Commons adjournment debate 'Trial of Lucy Letby' (8 January 2025)

Summary of the first Commons debate to question the safety of the convictions. Hansard records the adjournment debate 'Trial of Lucy Letby' on 8 January 2025, led by Sir David Davis MP. (This page was previously dated November 2024 in error; the Hansard record shows 8 January 2025, preceded by a trial-transparency point of order on 12 September 2024.)

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Context

Sir David Davis MP used his Commons adjournment debate slot in November 2024 to raise the Lucy Letby case, setting out in parliamentary terms the principal statistical, medical and methodological concerns that had been accumulating on the public record. Sir David was the first senior parliamentarian to raise the case on the floor of the House.

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What to read alongside this

See our page on the shift chart and the Dr Evans methodology for the evidential issues Sir David references, and our summary of the Shoo Lee Panel press conference.