"We feel like we were ushered out of the building and that was that. It's all been brushed under the carpet.

"The MPs there said they would keep pushing for an awareness campaign but we've heard nothing, not even from our own MP. It's not acceptable and it's not fair because children are still dying."

He also revealed that Faye - who fought meningitis B for 11 days after her parents were initially mistakenly told she just had a virus - mouthed the word "mummy" just before she died.

Mr Burdett, a lorry driver, said the decision not to extend the vaccine to more age groups was "insulting and devastating".

"Children under five are vulnerable to meningitis and they can't tell you exactly what is happening," he said. "They are solely reliant on their parents and carers to spot that something is wrong.”