As far as I am aware there has been no public inquiry since then which has deviated from this principle.The following are examples of public inquiries which have, inter alia, included consideration of matters potentially of a criminal nature.Orkney Inquiry 1991On 20 June 1991 Ian Lang, Secretary of State for Scotland appointed Lord Clyde to conduct an Inquiry into the removal of nine children from South Ronaldsay, Orkney to a place of safety on 27 February 1991.This inquiry considered the actings of Orkney Islands Council, in particular the Social Work Department and the Reporter to the Children’s Panel for that area, of the Northern Constabulary and of all persons acting on behalf of either of them, and into the effect of certain matters on those actings, including the decision to remove nine children and their actual removal to, and their detention in a place of safety.At the time...