Info & Resources - External Publications
On the page you will find a selection of external publications which may be of interest
A talk given by Kathleen Marshall Commissioner for Children and Young People in Scotland in October 2004. In it Kathleen Marshal confronts head on the issue of the rights, powers and responsibilities of children (and adults) both in the context of truthful and false allegations of child abuse. What makes this talk so remarkable is that she is the first children's commissioner in the UK to acknowledge the existence of false allegation and the impact they have. She does so in a child centered but balanced way without in any way diluting the important message that children must be protected. Her talk can be accessed here.
This is a transcript of a debate in the House of Commons in June 2004. A web version of the text is available from Hansard here
http://www.newstatesman.co.uk/199907190020.htm