Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 6 December 2010, Official Report, column 7WS, what consideration his Department has given to the articles of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child when making new policy and legislation since May 2015.

Assessing the impact of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy policies on families is an integral part of policy development in the Department.

Being able to analyse properly the impact of polices in relation to particular groups is a fundamental part of good policy-making.

Rights, freedoms and protections for children are considered throughout policy-making. This is done through:

• The Equalities Analysis, which ensures that decision-makers understand the impact on protected groups.
• a Family Test that helps us to understand the impact of new policies on families and children.