The Children’s Rights Alliance for England (CRAE) wrote to the children’s spokesperson for each of the three main political parties asking how they would protect the human rights of children, were they to form the next Government. Today, CRAE has published their responses. In their responses to six broad children’s rights questions, Ed Balls (Labour) and David Laws (Liberal Democrats) indicate how their Parties would approach the Government’s legal obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Michael Gove (Conservatives) declined to respond to the questions and directed CRAE to his Party’s Election manifesto.

CRAE has produced a short briefing paper which explains the reasons behind the six key questions asked and presents the politicians’ answers in an easy-to-read table.