Children's Rights

HC Deb 07 November 1997 vol 300 c381W

Mr. Dawson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will establish an office of Children's Rights Commissioner. [14942]

Mr. Boateng

The Government have no plans to establish an office of Children's Rights Commissioner. During 1998 the Government will be preparing the Second United Kingdom Report to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child in accordance with the requirements of Article 44 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989. We will take into account possible advantages of such an Office and seek to assess progress in other countries where such an Office has been established.