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UN Convention on the Rights of the Child |
Question ID: |
1790918 |
UIN: |
HL6347 |
House: |
Lords |
Date tabled: |
2025-03-31 |
Asking Member ID: |
4951 |
Asking Member display name: |
Lord Hampton
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Lord Hampton
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Member interest: |
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Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, as part of their commitment to be a "child-centred Government", to encourage schools to support students to send submissions to the United Nations Human Rights Council's open-ended intergovernmental wo |
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Date answered: |
2025-04-28 |
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Is holding answer: |
false |
Is correcting answer: |
false |
Answering Member ID: |
269 |
Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Smith of Malvern
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Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Smith of Malvern
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Answer text: |
The UK government is committed to safeguarding and advancing children’s rights. We firmly uphold the principles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), which we ratified in 1991. It is important for all children, regardless of... |
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Answering body ID: |
60 |
Answering body name: |
Department for Education |
Tweeted: |
true |