Child Safeguarding - Statement

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 5:18 pm on 6 December 2021.

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Photo of Baroness Barran Baroness Barran The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education 5:18, 6 December 2021

I absolutely agree with much of what my noble friend said, but I think that she would also agree that there are children who, when things happen, are genuinely hidden from us—or substantially hidden—and there are others to whom terrible things happen in plain sight. We should at least make sure that the latter are addressed effectively.