Member

I also commend Amendment 157A, which requires annual anonymised statistics on how these powers are used in practice. How many families are affected, how many appeals succeed, how many complaints are upheld and how often are orders withdrawn? This is not bureaucracy but democratic accountability. If Parliament cannot see how these powers operate on the ground, it cannot judge proportionality, detect postcode lotteries or tell whether escalation is becoming routine rather than exceptional. Transparency strengthens safeguarding by anchoring it to reality.