Member

Amendment 262, in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley, looks at thresholds for reporting and seeks to widen the duty to include the observation of suspicious behaviour or potential indicators of abuse. It is a well-intentioned, positive amendment but I say to her again that such indicators are complex and subjective, particularly for the many non-experts in scope, and the Bill itself is designed to focus on clear triggers where the reporter has an unambiguous reason to believe that they are in receipt of an allegation of child sexual abuse.