Moved by
Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
121: After Clause 14, insert the following new Clause—
“Child death reviews
After section 16L of the Children Act 2004 (inserted by section (Interpretation) of this Act) insert—
“Child death review partners for local authority areas
16M Child death reviews
(1) The child death review partners for a local authority area in England must make arrangements—
(a) for the review of each death of a child normally resident in the area;
(b) for the analysis of information about such deaths generally.
(2) The purposes of a review or analysis under subsection (1) are—
(a) to identify any matters relating to the death, or the deaths generally, that are relevant to the welfare of children in the area or to public health and safety, and
(b) to consider whether it would be appropriate for anyone to take action in relation to any matters identified.
(3) Where the child death review partners consider that it would be appropriate for a person to take action as mentioned in subsection (2)(b), they must inform that person.
(4) The child death review partners for a local authority area in England must, at such intervals as they consider appropriate, prepare and publish a report on—
(a) what they have done as a result of the arrangements under this section, and
(b) how effective the arrangements have been in practice.””