She [Woolf] is not fit and proper under the Inquiries Act," Lavery said.
They asked the Scottish government to consider the possibility of holding a public inquiry under the Inquiries Act 2005, for which there is already legal precedent in Scotland.
The government can use its powers under the Inquiries Act 2005 to substitute an inquiry for an inquest and to hold part of the inquiry in secret.
"I said in December 2005 that the inquiry had exercised its powers under the Inquiries Act 2005 and served notices in accordance with section 21 of that act," he said.
The home secretary's rapid move to replace Goddard after her unexpected departure last week has been enabled by powers under the Inquiries Act, which allow her to appoint a current member of the inquiry panel as a replacement chair.
The government plans to hold it under the Inquiries Act 2005, which gives ministers control over its procedures, including the right to determine how much is heard in public and to block publication of evidence.
He made an order under the Inquiries Act 2005 "so as to have the effect of requiring the witness statement to be removed from the website it is presently on".
Established under the Inquiries Act 2005 it has considerably more powers than its predecessor.
