Schedule 5 - CHAI: supplementary
Health and Social Care
10:45 am
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam, Liberal Democrat)
I am familiar with some of the lines of argument that the Under-Secretary is deploying against the amendment. Could he think about two things? First, will he give the Committee an undertaking that he will seek to prescribe under clause 116(2) that the children's rights director will be consulted by CHAI in discharging its responsibilities to safeguard and promote the welfare of children? Secondly, will he accept that stipulating in the Bill that such consultation should take place and that CHAI should have regard to the views expressed does not prevent it from of seeking the views and opinions of children in other ways to ensure that its services reflect their needs?