Safeguarding Children: British Overseas Territories Debate
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Baroness Stowell of Beeston
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Safeguarding Children: British Overseas Territories
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The Lord Privy Seal (Baroness Stowell of Beeston) (Con)
My Lords, the House is signalling for the Cross Bench and the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butler-Sloss.
Baroness Butler-Sloss
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?