National Agency For Children And Families

EDM number 599 in 2002-03, proposed by Hilton Dawson on 28/01/2003.

That this House welcomes the report of the Victoria Climbie Inquiry and in particular urges the Government to recognise the transforming potential of a national agency for children and families which would report to a Ministerial Children and families which would report to a Ministerial Children and Families Board supported by the Prime Minister, whose chief executive would be the Children's Commissioner for England, which would have responsibility to assess and advise the Ministerial Children and Families Board about the impact on children and families of proposed changes in policy, to scrutinise new legislation and guidance issued for this purpose, to advise on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, to advise on setting nationally agreed outcomes for children and how they might best be achieved and maintained, to ensure that legislation and policy are implemented at a local level and are monitored through its National Office Network, to report annually to Parliament on the quality and effectiveness of services to children and families, in particular the safety of children and which would have a national structure to ensure that legislation and policy are being implemented at a local level as well as providing Central Government with up to date reliable information about the quality and effectiveness of local services.

This motion has been signed by a total of 42 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.