The aim of the network is to increase the impact of what children say,avoid duplication of effort and aid the exchange of information. Theparticipation partnership has more than 50 members already, includingchildren's charities and local authority children's rights officers.
Roger Morgan, children's rights director at the commission, said: "Thereare lots of provisions about consulting children, but we still need towork hard on making sure children's views get factored into decisionmaking and ensuring that children are told what the result is, even ifwe can't do what they suggest."
Some children and young people have noticed that they've been asked thesame question more than once, he added.
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