A Rapid Evidence Assessment on the Effects that Access and Exposure to Pornography has on Children and Young People
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Few issues have defined my tenure as Children’s Commissioner so sharply as the strip searching of children by police. As a former teacher and headteacher of 30 years, I thought I was hardened to the vast spectrum of failures in children’s rights, but the case of Child Q in Hackney five years ago shocked me […]
Representation of the People Bill Committee Submission
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