Define Commissioner's duties: monitor rights, examine cases, publish reports
Waterhouse Inquiry · Waterhouse Inquiry — Final Report · Issued 16 February 2000
Source — verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
The duties of the Commissioner should include: (a) ensuring that children's rights are respected through the monitoring and oversight of the operation of complaints and whistleblowing procedures and the arrangements for children's advocacy; (b) examining the handling of individual cases brought to the Commissioner's attention (including making recommendations on the merits) when he considers it necessary and appropriate to do so; (c) publishing reports, including an annual report to the National Assembly for Wales.
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Response — verbatim from government
●No formal government response recorded
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Evidence trail — what's actually happened since
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