Data Protection Act 2018: Children

Baroness Massey of Darwen Excerpts
Thursday 4th March 2021

(3 years, 11 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Barran Portrait Baroness Barran (Con)
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My noble friend is right; as other noble Lords have noted, this is a challenging area for young people in relation to making complaints. She asked specifically about “legitimate interest”, and I will write to her on that.

Baroness Massey of Darwen Portrait Baroness Massey of Darwen (Lab) [V]
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[Inaudible]—2021, seek children’s views. They were rejected because they were asking whether children’s voluntary sector organisations should represent them in presenting those views. I understand that this was rejected because there was a lack of evidence; could the Minister explain this?

Baroness Barran Portrait Baroness Barran (Con)
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I apologise; I did not hear the first part of the noble Baroness’s question because it was cut off, so I will respond in writing.