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Ministerial statement on Thursday, 20 November 2008, in the House of Lords, led by Baroness Morgan of Drefelin.


Safeguarding Children

Lords statement on safeguarding children.


Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
705 c1243-55 
Session
2007-08
Department
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Proceeding contributions
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 705 c1243-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now repeat a Statement made in another place. The Sta...
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 705 c1246-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am most grateful to the Minister for repeating this Statement on safeguarding children m...
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Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 705 c1249-50 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I start by thanking both noble Baronesses for their support in dealing with this extremely...
Baroness Pitkeathley | 705 c1250 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare an interest as a former social worker as well as chair of CAFCASS. Wearing my pr...
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 705 c1251 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for her question. Last year, under the Children’s Plan, we anno...
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 705 c1251 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the report being prepared by the noble Lord, Lord Laming, will be wide ranging. His letter...
Earl of Listowel | 705 c1251 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does the Minister agree that, while accountability is crucial, no additional bureaucracy w...
Baroness Howarth of Breckland | 705 c1252 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare an interest as a former social worker, a previous director of social services an...
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 705 c1251-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have been working hard to address the bureaucracy load of social workers through initia...
Lord Mawson | 705 c1253 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, one of the reasons why I am in this House is to try to make connections between some of th...
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 705 c1252-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sure the noble Baroness will understand that I do not want to prejudge what the noble...
Lord Mawson | 705 c1253 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my question is to ask the Minister whether we could have a meeting to talk about the issue...
Baroness Thornton | 705 c1253 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I hate to interrupt the noble Lord because of his experience of these issues, but noble Lo...
Baroness Northover | 705 c1253-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I speak as a Haringey parent and without the expertise shown by others in our debate. From...
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 705 c1253 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord has highlighted a key issue of concern for us. There is a lot of talk about...
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 705 c1254 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for her contribution. I want to be clear that we in the departm...
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 705 c1255 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my noble friend speaks with the anguish that many in this country feel and asks questions ...
Baroness Howells of St Davids | 705 c1254-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I know that everyone feels emotional about Baby P. Unfortunately, I am not so graced that ...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 705 c1247-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, thank the Minister for repeating the Statement. As the noble Baroness, Lady Morris...
Lord Northbourne | 705 c1251 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, most of the Government’s comments so far seem to be related to procedures, reports, strate...
Subjects
Children Abuse Inspections HM Inspectorate of Constabulary Infanticide Protection Offences against children Social services Healthcare Commission Haringey Local safeguarding children boards Ofsted
Link
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