Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 18 Oct 2016
Children and Social Work Bill [HL]
"My Lords, this amendment seeks to include a duty to promote access to legal advice and representation for children in care in order to safeguard and promote their welfare and future life chances. It seeks to do that on the face of the Bill.
Local authorities, in their role as …..."Lord Ramsbotham - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 18 Oct 2016
Children and Social Work Bill [HL]
"My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for that reply and to the noble Baroness, Lady Lister, for her comments and remarks. I am concerned by the content of the UNCRC’s fifth report because it repeats so many criticisms that were contained in the fourth report that do not …..."Lord Ramsbotham - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 18 Oct 2016
Children and Social Work Bill [HL]
"My Lords, I rise to move Amendments 17 and 19. The purpose of Amendment 17 is both to ask to ask the Minister to clarify the intention behind subsection 3(b) of new Section 23CZB and to highlight a potential loophole which could risk local authorities opting out of their duties …..."Lord Ramsbotham - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 18 Oct 2016
Children and Social Work Bill [HL]
"I do not wish to prolong this, but it is practitioners who have raised this question with me because they are unclear. Although young people have the right every year, it is an opportunity basis that they are considering...."Lord Ramsbotham - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 18 Oct 2016
Children and Social Work Bill [HL]
"I am grateful to the Minister. I am sure that this is capable of resolution. It just seemed an irritant rather than a major issue, but one which it would be unwise to let go. Therefore, I will not press my amendment...."Lord Ramsbotham - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 18 Oct 2016
Children and Social Work Bill [HL]
"My Lords, my Amendment 29 seeks to use Clause 8 to mitigate the possible impact of provisions elsewhere in the Bill on a group of children described by the phrase,
“there being no person who has parental responsibility for the child”—
in other words, looked-after children. I refer in particular …..."Lord Ramsbotham - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 17th October 2016
Asked by:
Lord Ramsbotham (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what conclusions they have drawn from the research commissioned by the Department for Education in 2010 into the development of government guidance on governance arrangements in children’s services: <i>Research governance in children’s services: the scope for new advice</i>.
Answered by Lord Nash
This report highlighted the importance of governance and ethical consideration in children’s services research. The report suggested that at the time of the research, local practice was variable, but there were, and still are, a number of accepted research governance arrangements in place for local authorities and other research organisations to seek guidance and approval, including the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS), the Social Research Association, the NSPCC, and university ethics boards. The Department for Education has concluded that these arrangements are the best route for local authorities and external research organisations to obtain external guidance on research governance and ethics.
Following publication of the report, the Department, in consultation with the ADCS Research Group, has developed ethics guidance and an ethics checklist for its own funded research and evaluation. This is based on the Government Social Research Professional Guidance, which sets out the principles that should be used when conducting social research for the Government. It states that those conducting, commissioning or managing Government social research have a responsibility to ensure that research is conducted using appropriate methods and that the rights and interests of all those involved in the research process are protected. Research should be conducted in a manner that:
ensures valid, informed consent is obtained before individuals participate in research (for children under 16, parents/legal guardians as well as the children themselves must be approached for consent to participate);
takes reasonable steps to identify and remove barriers to participation;
avoids personal and social harm; and
protects the confidentiality of information about research participants and their identities.
Written Question
Monday 1st August 2016
Asked by:
Lord Ramsbotham (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to encourage profit-making companies to run Secure Children's Homes.
Answered by Lord Nash
The Government has worked closely with the Association of Directors of Children’s Services, Local Government Association, the Youth Justice Board and the Secure Accommodation Network to consider how the operation of the secure children’s homes system could be better planned and co-ordinated to meet children’s needs.
We are currently considering the commissioning arrangements for all children’s homes as part of our response to recommendations made in Sir Martin Narey’s independent review of residential care. We also await the outcome of Charlie Taylor’s review of the youth justice system in England and Wales. Work will continue through to the end of this year to identify the best long-term commissioning arrangements for secure children’s homes.
Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 13 Jul 2016
Children and Social Work Bill [HL]
"My Lords, I added my name to this amendment because I was moved to do so, particularly by the British Association of Social Workers, which wrote saying that:
“We are not opposed to exploring new social work regulation options. We support steps to improve accountability of social workers, enabling them …..."Lord Ramsbotham - View Speech
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Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 13 Jul 2016
Children and Social Work Bill [HL]
"My Lords, very briefly, what evidence does the Minister have, first, that moving the regulation closer to government can be done more quickly than establishing an independent regulator and, secondly, that it will be more efficient?..."Lord Ramsbotham - View Speech
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