My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend, who is replying as fully as he always does. Would he please appreciate that those of us who are behind the amendment are specifically concerned with his concentration on safeguarding children? Our argument is that there should be a statutory responsibility at this critical time to promote the well-being of the child, which is not the same thing. That is our commitment under the convention—here is the child in the middle of a crisis or trauma, so how do we start building for its future, not just safeguarding it from harm?
Children and Young Persons Bill [HL]
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Judd
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 17 March 2008.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Children and Young Persons Bill [HL].
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