With the imminent results of the coalition government's major review of the VBS, which is designed to protect children and vulnerable adults from potential abuse, independent think tank Civitas has released a new edition of Licensed to Hug, which insists the government must get rid of the VBS once and for all.
The report states: "The dramatic escalation of child protection measures, such as the VBS, has created an atmosphere of suspicion that actually increases the risks to children and damages relations between the generations."
It adds that national database is creating a broader culture of fear that will "poison the relationship between the generations... [and] create a formal barrier between adults and children".
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