During a debate in the House of Commons last week, youth minister Margaret Hodge said she planned to overturn several of the alterations.
"I intend to propose changes that would return us to the position that applied before the amendments were endorsed by the upper house," she told MPs.
In particular, alterations made by the Lords to the role of the proposed children's commissioner are likely to be challenged. These changes include limiting the work of the commissioner to England, except on non-devolved matters, removing the need for the commissioner to be particularly concerned with Government aims, and the removal of the bar on the commissioner investigating individual cases.
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