Smacking, fostering and provisions for looked-after children in custody were all on the agenda for discussion. But the amendment to current smacking rules was eventually bypassed in the debate, much to the disappointment of campaigners supporting a smacking ban.
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Children and Young Persons Bill is passed
The Children and Young Persons Bill had its third reading in the House of Commons last night, during which MPs debated several significant amendments.
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MPs also debated the introduction of a National register for foster carers. An amendment urging the immediate introduction of a register was proposed by the shadow minister for children, Tim Loughton, but it was voted out by Labour MPs.
Other amendments put forward included requirements on local authorities to improve access to records for adult care leavers and take responsibility for looked-after children entering custody.
The bill also proposes reforms to looked-after children's services including the introduction of social work practices.
Campaigners and MPs will continue to push for last-minute changes as the bill reaches its final stages in Parliament.
Posted Comments
Charlotte Peters Rock - 10 October 2008
So is there anything in the bill to force accountability onto professionals, in respect of the child they come into contact with or their wrong decisions?
If not, it will be the same waste of time as the rest of the legislation, which doesn't currently keep vulnerable children safe from maladministration.
Currently, where a Complaints system is entered, by any parent, whose child has been ill-served, that system - from personal experience - is designed to crush both child and parent.
Will this legislation improve that? Will it stop the need for months of soul-destroying work by parents; and denigration of their reputation, by the very complaints system designed \(theoretically) to help them?
Perhaps if the professionals were to be made accountable - and preferably retrained regularly into the latest legislation - they might begin to follow it?
Was that a pig I saw flying past?
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