I attended a meeting of all four UK Children’s Commissioner in held in London – Nico Juetten present. The first part of the meeting was an update on current issues for each of the offices, followed by a general discussion on the Interim Report and the implications of the publication of the Dunford Report – the recently completed review of the Children’s Commissioner for England.
The afternoon session was a joint meeting of the Commissioners and civil servant representatives from each of the jurisdictions (apart from NI and Ireland). The representative from Scotland was Susie Warden. The meeting focussed on Dunford and the ramifications for each jurisdiction. There was a very useful update from Wales and the development of the measure requiring the UNCRC to be taken into account in the passage of all legislation. This is a most welcome development and I expect to visit Wales as part of the incorporation work stream in Scotland.