Addressing the Education Select Committee, Roger Morgan said he welcomed John Dunford’s plans to strengthen the role of the Office of the Children’s Commissioner and agreed with recommendations to merge the position with that of the children’s rights director.
But he warned that the activities currently conducted by the director should be protected in legislation.
"I very much welcome and endorse John Dunford’s underlining of the importance of the work, specifically for children in care and other vulnerable children," he said.
Morgan specifically stressed the importance of Dunford’s support for the children’s rights director’s case work function, the emphasis on children’s views and the general specialism in children in care.
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