During the final day of debate in the House of Lords' report stage last week, junior education minister Baroness Ashton said: "We are committed to consult publicly this autumn on how this aspect of the database should operate to inform our regulations and guidance.
"That will be a formal consultation under Cabinet Office rules. It will provide us with an opportunity to gain reactions on specific propositions on how practitioners should indicate the existence of a concern on their part. We will examine the language and phraseology to be used to describe what is to be done."
She said the consultation would also look at how to record practitioner details in relation to sensitive services. The public would be asked for views on which practitioners should be able to access the details and how far should this be subject to the consent of the child or their parent.
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