Select Committee · Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Human Rights of Children in the Social Care System in England
Status: Open
Opened: 15 Jul 2025
This inquiry will consider the extent to which the human rights of children in England are protected in the social care system. This inquiry will have a particular focus on children in care (“looked after children”), but wider aspects of the children’s social care system will be relevant, for example in regard to the availability …
Oral evidence sessions
| Date | Witnesses | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Jun 2026 | Josh MacAlister MP · Department for Education | View ↗ |
| 11 Mar 2026 | Andrew Reece · Wales & England British Association of Social Workers, Yvette Stanley · Ofsted | View ↗ |
| 21 Jan 2026 | Alexandria Walden · Google, Dame Rachel de Souza, Children’s Commissioner for England | View ↗ |
| 10 Dec 2025 | Alex Ruck Keene KC (Hon) · 39 Essex Chambers, Anna Bird · Disabled Children's Partnership, Caroline Coady · National Children's Bureau, Connor Johnston · Law Commission, Professor Alison Young · University of Cambridge | View ↗ |
| 10 Sep 2025 | Lynn Perry MBE · Barnardo’s, Matt Blow · Become, Stewart MacLachlan · Coram Children’s Legal Centre | View ↗ |
Correspondence
| Date | Direction | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Jun 2026 | — | Correspondence to the Minister for Migration for Children and Families relating… |