Clause 1 - Establishment
Children Bill [Lords]
9:45 am
Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster and Wyre, Labour)
My hon. Friend makes an excellent point and I would go further. It is more than ''on the whole''— every commissioner that has been set up in the world has a focus on children's rights. Yesterday evening I was given a list of the duties and responsibilities of new commissioners in Malta and Croatia, which are firmly based on children's rights. Why a country such as ours cannot base the role of the commissioner on children's rights is beyond me.