Commissioner is diluted to 'rights-lite'
Nicole Curnow
Wednesday, November 17, 2004
Children's rights advocates have criticised the Government for diluting the independent powers of England's new children's commissioner. A vote in the House of Lords last week decided that the role of the proposed children's commissioner would not have the same 'rights brief' as existing commissioners in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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