§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the report on Children's Rights published by the Children's Select Committee. [109822]
§ Mr. HainIn November 1999, to mark the tenth anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the FCO and Save the Children UK organised a Children's Select Committee. 16 children from across the UK chose to examine four issues of central importance to children: child soldiers, child labour, child rights and the environment, and child participation. The Committee's findings were presented in a report to the FCO on 8 February making a number of recommendations for the Government, business sector and NGOs to consider.
The FCO is co-ordinating the Government's response which we plan to publish by the middle of April. We will also be looking at ways to publicise the Committee's report and a video of the event as widely as possible, including through our Posts overseas.