Clause 1 - Establishment
Children Bill [Lords]
Public Bill Committees, 12 October 2004, 9:45 am
Ms Julie Morgan (Cardiff North, Labour)
I share my hon. Friend's concern about the move away from a rights-based commissioner. Does he agree that commissioners or similar bodies throughout the world are, on the whole, based on rights, and that the Children's Commissioner would be weakened by the proposed changes?