I was therefore honoured to act as chair of the Child Impact AssessmentProject reference group, overseeing the development of child impactassessment in England.
When I was presented with the idea of systematically assessing theimpact of legislation and policy on children, my first thought was:"Great idea, but so what? How can we ensure the findings of the childimpact assessment process actually influence thinking inParliament?"
In fact, through the project we have developed a number of ways to getthe messages from the analysis to those who are involved indecision-making. The child impact statements and legal scrutinies aresent to parliamentarians in both houses and across all parties,targeting those who have an interest in a range of children's issues.The opposition spokespersons, working on a particular piece oflegislation, receive the materials, and we have also sent submissions tothe Joint Committee on Human Rights and to the House of Commons PublicBill Committees.
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