BRIAN NELSON, CNN ANCHOR: Britain's government Saturday called for a halt to publicly naming pedophiles. The home office minister did say that demands for tougher laws on child sex abuse will be considered. But as Helen Wright reports, the parents of a murdered 8-year old girl say much more is needed.</s>HELEN WRIGHT, ITN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Sara and Michael Payne arriving for a lunchtime meeting with executives at "The News of the World." They're supporting the newspaper's campaign for a law in their daughter's name allowing parents access to information about child sex offenders through a public register.</s>SARA PAYNE: The public would like a register.</s>MICHAEL PAYNE: And the response has shown that it does.</s>S. PAYNE: Ninety-seven percent of the British public wants a register, and they're going to get it.</s>WRIGHT: The newspaper, which yesterday suspended its controversial decision to name and shame child sex offenders, has gathered 300,000 signatures from readers who want a Sara's law. The government says it will consider new legislation, which will be loosely based on the U.S.'s Meagan's Law. The Paynes want the same rights that gave American parents some information on pedophiles names and addresses.</s>STUART KUTTNER, "NEWS OF THE WORLD": Any parent or any other responsible person should be able to find out from the police or from some local authority whether or not there is a dangerous person at large in their area.</s>WRIGHT (on camera): To its supporters, the idea of Sara's Law is parents power in practice. But experts warn such legislation couldn't work in isolation, only as part of a wider program of dealing with child sex offenders. Helen Wright, ITN, at the offices of "The News of the World."
Some in Britain Lobbying for Public Naming of Pedophiles