Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that progress is made on implementing the recommendations made to the UK in 2017 under the Universal Periodic Review process on children's rights and the elimination of child poverty.

The Government remains a strong advocate of the United Nations Human Rights Council and its Universal Periodic Review of the human rights record of all United Nations Member States. The Government also remains fully committed to children’s rights and the continued compliance with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

At the end of August 2017, we responded to the recommendations received from other Member States during the dialogue last May under the Universal Periodic Review. That response, including in relation to children’s rights, is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/third-universal-periodic-review-uk-response-to-the-recommendations

In the same response, the Government committed to follow up the recommendations by preparing a mid-term report on all recommendations in 2019. Over the coming months, the department will continue to work with civil society organisations on the preparation of this report.