Murdered Sarah's parents meet Home Secretary
The parents of Sarah Payne have met David Blunkett to put forward their plans to let parents have controlled access to the Sex Offenders' Register.
Mike and Sara Payne spent more than an hour with the Home Secretary and afterwards described the meeting as "very positive".
But Mrs Payne said they had not agreed over whether the public should be allowed unlimited information.
The couple were accompanied by News Of The World editor Rebekah Wade. The paper has been campaigning for a so-called Sarah's Law to allow access to the register.
Mr Payne said: "We have met with David Blunkett, he said he was listening and he will listen in the future. We will be looking forward to meeting him in the New Year."
"It was a very very positive meeting and I think we all agree that we are not going to argue over whether we have access to disclosure. As things stand it's a mess."
Mr Blunkett was "not convinced" that unlimited public access to the register would help to protect children, she said.
"He did say he is not convinced that it would help. It's not about whether he feels it will have a negative impact, but that he's not sure it will help."
Instead they had discussed the idea of "disclosure in the most serious cases" to a multi-agency protection panel.
Other ideas discussed at the meeting included a "buddy system" which would provide convicted paedophiles with someone to confide in if they felt tempted to re-offend.
