Member

Turning to the amendments tabled by the right hon. Member for Sevenoaks relating to information sharing, as set out in Committee, amendment 182 would create a very broad duty that would be difficult to implement in practice. Additionally, “Working together to safeguard children” already sets out the duties of practitioners to share and act on information received. On amendment 181, we agree that the documenting of decisions about information sharing is important, and we cover it in our non-statutory guidance on information sharing. We intend to strengthen this by addressing these matters in statutory guidance that relevant persons would be required to have regard to.