Terms for a full inquiry into the circumstances of how a young intellectually disabled girl remained in a foster home at the centre of abuse allegations are near being finalised.

I would like to convey the importance of exercising our vote on the children’s referendum. The current system needs an overhaul and a start needs to be made somewhere.

THE proposed Adoption Bill has been criticised for failing to provide the legal right to enable adopted people to trace their birth parents or obtain a range of post-adoption services.

The Children's Rights Alliance has expressed major concern about the possible taxing or means-testing of child-benefit payments.

THE Government has been asked to make three key changes over the next three months to improve children’s rights, including giving children an independent legal voice in their parents divorce proceedings.