Safeguarding Children: British Overseas Territories Debate

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Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Safeguarding Children: British Overseas Territories

Baroness Stowell of Beeston Excerpts
Wednesday 13th April 2016

(8 years, 7 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Cross Bench!

Baroness Stowell of Beeston Portrait The Lord Privy Seal (Baroness Stowell of Beeston) (Con)
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My Lords, the House is signalling for the Cross Bench and the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butler-Sloss.

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My Lords, the Minister is no doubt aware that some of the overseas territories have laws on family issues which are considerably behind the laws of this country. To what extent are the Government giving assistance to having a modern version of the Children Act in some of those countries?