Tough challenge

Barnardo's welcomes Sir Michael Bichard's report into the circumstances around the recruitment of child murderer Ian Huntley (News, 15 January). A particular challenge here will be the need to demonstrate the wisdom of Solomon in balancing an individual's right to privacy, as defined by the Data Protection Act, with the public's equal right to protection. This will be an increasingly important issue in relation to the Green Paper, Every Child Matters, with its determination to establish a shared database of information about children and young people, available to many agencies.