Sorry—the Minister needs to understand. This is not about an inspection regime. It is about the safeguarding responsibility that a local authority has legally, and it is about understanding how the local authority’s safeguarding responsibility for its area interacts with the Home Office accommodation. Will it be able to use its safeguarding responsibilities under the Children Act in the Home Office accommodation and determine, if it is unsafe, that a child can be removed under the statutory duties that a local authority has for safeguarding?
Illegal Migration Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Scriven
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 7 June 2023.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Illegal Migration Bill.
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