§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what proposals he has in respect of his obligations under Article 44 of the United Nations convention following the Committee's report on the Rights of the Child in the United Kingdom; if these proposals will he embodied in the Children (Scotland) Bill; and if he will make a statement.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe Government fulfilled their obligations under article 44 of the UN convention on the rights of the child by publishing the UK national report in February 1994.
The general principles of the convention have been taken into account in drafting the provisions contained within the Children (Scotland) Bill.