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 Lord Framlingham Lord Framlingham Conservative 5:18, 6 December 2021

My Lords, someone I know with great experience in these matters tells me that in the years before the involvement of social services, in a case of suspected child cruelty the first knock on the door would be from a policeman or a policewoman. Occasionally that resulted in a bit of embarrassment, but I think perhaps children’s lives were better protected in those days. Perhaps we ought to give this matter a little more thought.