Rejected petition: MAKE BODY CAMERAS AND RECORDED INTERVIEWS MANDATORY IN CHILD PROTECTION CASES
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We are calling on the UK Government to introduce legislation requiring all social workers involved in child protection investigations and child removal proceedings to use body-worn cameras and ensure that formal interviews involving children and parents are audio or video recorded.
We are calling on the UK Government to introduce legislation requiring all social workers involved in child protection investigations and child removal proceedings to use body-worn cameras and ensure that formal interviews involving children and parents are audio or video recorded.
life-changing decisions are being made about removing children from their families, there should be full transparency and reliable evidence of what was actually said.
Why was this petition rejected?
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We already have a petition open on this subject which you may wish to sign:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/757141
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