Member

I support this amendment because it recognises and underpins the work done by the National Association of Child Contact Centres. The latest protocol issued by the President of the Family Division urges courts to ensure that they refer families only to accredited centres. Accredited centres meet agreed national standards for safeguarding, data protection, volunteer and staff checks, and training. There is at present still no legal requirement for any centres to have accreditation and therefore no minimum standards for unaccredited centres, even for DBS checks. This amendment would rectify that.