Ravi Chandiramani in his editorial praises Michael Gove for emphasising the importance of listening to children when making decisions that affect them (CYP Now, 23-29 November). Perhaps he needs to ask the question, just who will listen?
In the family proceeding court the Cafcass officer is supposed to provide that service but they are in disarray and no longer appear to function as the voice of the child; and recent proposals to cut sports funding ignores the wishes and feelings of the main sufferers under the cuts, the children and young people for whom sport is a lifeline to success.
Michael Shaw, St. Albans, Hertfordshire
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