He described the report as a "remarkable indictment" on the state of child protection across the country.
He said: "It is scathing about the unwieldy, overly bureaucratic nature of the regime currently in place.
"Refusing to publish serious case reviews after a child's death is like keeping the information from an aircraft's black box secret after an aviation disaster.
"It prevents us all learning the lessons we need to, and debating openly how we keep children safe. We cannot have a situation where we keep terrible errors secret."
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