Finally, an MPs debate for James..this is huge

Mum Denise hails inquiry debate after 30 years of hurt

- PAUL BYRNE

The mother of murdered toddler James Bulger is over the moon that MPs are to debate holding a public inquiry into her son's death.

Denise Fergus has long been calling for an inquiry into the 1993 killing of her two-year-old son by Jon Venables and Robert Thompson, and how the murderers were sentenced.

An online petition backing her call gained more than 200,000 signatures.

Now, almost six years after the petition closed, it has been granted a 90-minute House of Commons debate.

Denise, 56, said: "This is a momentous move forward for us.