Vulnerable children: Regulators and Children’s Commissioners among witnesses as Lords committee resumes inquiry

Tomorrow (Wednesday 8 September) the committee will hear about support for children and young people in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and about how regulators can better address child vulnerability from:

At 3.00 p.m.

• Sally Holland, Children's Commissioner for Wales
• Bruce Adamson, Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People
• Mairéad McCafferty, Chief Executive at Northern Ireland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People

At 4.00 p.m.

• Dr Rosie Benneyworth, Chief Inspector of Primary Medical Services and Integrated Care, Care Quality Commission
• Amanda Spielman, HM Chief Inspector, Ofsted

And on Thursday 9 September the committee will hear from volunteers, NHS professionals and other frontline workers and get an international perspective when witnesses will be:

At 3.00 p.m.

• James Shutkever, Social Worker and Frontline Fellow, Hertfordshire County Council
• Lucy Newman, Associate Assistant Principal, Oasis Academy South Bank
• Dr Helen Jones, CCG Clinical lead for Children and Young People's Mental Health, NHS North East London Clinical Commissioning Group
• Jacky Mulveen, Project Manager, WE:ARE Women's Empowerment And Recovery Educators

At 4.00 p.m.

• Elina Pekkarinen, Ombudsman for Children, Finland
• Elisabeth Dahlin, Ombudsman for Children, Sweden
• Naomi Eisenstadt, Independent Chair, Northamptonshire Health and Care Partnership and Honorary Research Fellow at Department of Education, University of Oxford
• Professor C. Kirabo Jackson, Abraham Harris Professor, Institute of Policy Research, School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University.

The sessions will be live on Parliament TV.