§ Mr. BeithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what United Nations standards his Department recognises in relation to(a) the administration of juvenile justice and (b) the welfare of children; and if he will make a statement. [17773]
§ Mr. MichaelThe United Kingdom signed the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in December 1991. In doing so, the then Government gave a commitment to implement and disseminate the Convention's terms and principles, subject to certain reservations which it entered. The United Kingdom made its first report to the Committee on the Rights of the Child in January 1995. In formulating policy on juvenile justice 613W and child welfare, the Government aim to take into account the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, and other similar instruments, guidelines and rules.