The conference on the role of an independent commissioner for England's 11 million children and young people was hosted by the Children's Rights Alliance for England, and other representative charities. Speakers included Peter Clarke and Nigel Williams, the children's commissioners in Wales and Northern Ireland, and Norway's children's ombudsman, Trond Waage, as well as Margaret Hodge, England's minister for children.
Carolyne Willow, national co-ordinator of the Children's Rights Alliance, said, 'The Government's Green Paper, Every Child Matters, said that the children's commissioner for England will be independent, but it is important to reiterate our campaign's vision of what the commissioner should be.'
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