My Lords, we are content to support the amendments in this group that were ably moved and explained by the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, and the noble Baronesses, Lady Walmsley and Lady Meacher. I wish to comment on Amendments 105 and 107. The noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, when discussing the rights of the child in this Committee recently urged the Government to ensure the automatic review of child deaths in institutions. The two amendments in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, would ensure that that continued to happen.
I am sure all noble Lords will have received a six-page letter from the Minister this morning, looking at what we have done on the Bill so far. The last page of the letter refers to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, on which he seeks to give
reassuring commitments that the Government are indeed moving forward in a number of fields with regard to the rights of children.
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I do not doubt that—although I might be a little mischievous and say that while it is a commitment from the current Government, who knows what will happen by the end of the week? Who indeed knows whether the Ministers will be in their places the next time we meet? That is for others to decide and it is all very interesting.