Oral question asked in the House of Lords, by Baroness Walmsley (Liberal Democrat). It was answered on Tuesday, 15 July 2008.

Children: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

Question: My Lords, I thank the Minister for her reply. Will she tell her right honourable friend the Secretary of State how much the committee appreciate it when a country sends in its delegation its most senior Minister to report to it on forward goals and priorities for implementation of the convention? Will she also tell him that, if he felt moved while he was there to implement the Convention on the Rights of the Child and to integrate it into UK law fully, wholeheartedly and overtly, he would make himself even more popular with the committee?

Answer: My Lords, the UK Government take the reporting process very seriously. We have identified suitable senior officials who will be able to undertake this task. It is long established that those officials will represent the Government, but they also bring together the devolved Administrations and other government departments. However, the Minister of State for Children, Young People and Families has written to the UN committee’s rapporteurs in the UK and has invited them to meet her while they are in the UK this summer. We take this extremely seriously and are keen to enter into a constructive, strategic and fruitful dialogue with the UN committee.

Secondary information

Type: Oral question
Reference: 703 c1096
Session: 2007-08
Oral question type: 1st Supplementary
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Subjects: Ministers UN Convention on the Rights of the Child UK delegations Department for Children, Schools and Families UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
Link: View this Oral question on www.publications.parliament.uk