[4] It was led by Thomas Gilbert Field-Fisher and they published their findings as Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the Care and Supervision Provided in Relation to Maria Colwell in September 1974.
[6] She did not agree with the way the committee had interpreted the evidence and in her minority report pointed out the complexities of the role performed by social workers.
[2] Stevenson served as a chairwoman of a number of organisations: Age Concern England (1980 to 1983), Councils for Voluntary Service National Association (1985 to 1988), and Care and Repair (1993 to 1997).
[1] Her parents were Irish Protestants who had moved to England to escape the discrimination they experienced in the newly created Republic of Ireland.
[5][1] In 1994 Queen's Birthday Honours, Stevenson was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) "for the development of social services".