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Children and Young Persons Bill [HL]

I hope my noble friend will look at this amendment carefully because if what the noble Baroness has been arguing is well applied and well developed, it will be an additional service to the local authority, as it will have at its disposal an objective view of what is being done and how it is being done which it can take into account in the development of its services. I do not want to get into a contentious area, but in the age of leagues and passing and failing in which we live, it is unfortunate that one inevitable consequence is that people see external reviewing and the rest as a bit threatening. If that is done in the right way, it can be extremely supportive and helpful in ensuring that the local authority is not only doing what it thinks it is doing, but is doing it as effectively as it can.