Health written question – answered at on 11 February 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the Government's commitment to give due consideration to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) when making new policy and legislation, if he will place in the Library all assessments of how new policy and legislation from his Department since January 2013 has given due consideration to the UNCRC.
The Department of Health is committed to giving due consideration of the UN convention on the rights of the child (UNCRC) during the policy-making process. The Department of Health consults with a range of expert groups to ensure the best interests of children are represented within our work. For example, in October 2013, the Secretary of State for Health, my right hon. Friend Mr Hunt, received a report from the Children and Young People's Health Outcomes Forum on the issues raised in the report by Robert Francis QC as they relate to children and young people. Their report was informed by the views of children and young people, including those gathered by on their behalf the National Children's Bureau, one of the Department's strategic partners.
The United Kingdom Government is due to report to the UN Committee responsible for the UNCRC shortly. The Department for Education is co-ordinating the response from other Government Departments, including the work that the Department of Health has undertaken. Once the Government has submitted its response to the UN Committee a copy of the response will be placed in the Library.
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