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UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

Question for Department for Education

UIN 190841, tabled on 22 June 2023

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to respond to the report by the Committee on the Rights of the Child entitled Concluding observations on the combined sixth and seventh reports of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, published on 2 June 2023.

Answered on

27 June 2023

Following the constructive dialogue in Geneva, the UN Committee published their Concluding Observations on 2 June 2023. These are available at: https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2023/06/un-child-rights-committee-publishes-findings-finland-france-jordan-sao-tome.

The department strives to find new ways to promote children’s rights and recognises that strengthening children’s rights is a continuous process. The government welcomes the constructive challenge that was made by the Committee in Geneva and will take into consideration the Concluding Observations, including considering a Children’s Rights Action Plan. We will confirm our next steps in due course.

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