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Based on what has been said, it would seem to be an unlikely scenario anyway, but should such a thing happen, is it not already covered?

We talked earlier about how long some judicial factories can last. Do you think that the average judicial factory lasts long enough that there needs to be concern about the nature of the investments? You have said that there are new kinds of investment that might not have been thought of before. Will some judicial factories last long enough to cause concern, even though they did not cause concern at their start?

Is there a general perception that, actually, it gives comfort to people who are in those circumstances?

The case has to progress so, once the elements of contention have been considered, the court will make its final decision, basically.

Thank you—that is really useful. I suppose that that fits in with the statement in the strategic plan that the commissioner’s office will work

“as an Independent Children’s Rights Institution”.

There needs to be a focal point and a place that people know that they can go to. They need to know what their rights are, and if people or organisations breach those rights, they need somebody with expertise to know what direction to head in to resolve that. Is that the approach that you will take in order to uphold children’s rights? Do you have an idea about timescales?

Thank you very much. That is helpful.

Thank you for everything that you have outlined. You have pretty much covered this, but on promoting access to justice for breaches of children’s rights—that is a commitment in the plan—who will you approach so that those can be resolved? It is fine—I am not saying that this is what you are doing—to say, “This is wrong and we’re going to sort it out,” but how do you sort that out? Who do you approach to bring on board in legal terms, if it comes to that?

That is quite clear, but the wording in the bill does not make it as clear.

Thank you.

The Government will look at what you have said when it is formulating its approach but do you think that it might approach you to get further clarification on what you are looking for? There seems to be at least a bit of a differentiation there, shall we say.