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UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

Volume 712: debated on Monday 5 October 2009

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To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to adopting a comprehensive plan of action for implementing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (a) in England, and (b) across the United Kingdom. [HL5086]

The Government are fully committed to implementing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).

In England, the Children's Plan sets out how our long-term ambitions and policies for all children and young people are underpinned by the UNCRC. The Children's Plan: One Year On builds on this and sets out our priorities in taking forward the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child's concluding observations.

The Government are planning to publish a UK-wide action plan by the end of the year, which sets out how the UK is responding to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child's concluding observations and how each of the devolved Administrations is responding to the concluding observations within the context of their own national requirements.

Answers received between Monday 24 August and Tuesday 1 September 2009