When it will publish the Children's Charter.

Protecting Children andYoung People – the Charter is beinglaunched today. Part of the response to the findings of the audit and review ofchild protection, It’s Everyone’s Job to Make Sure I’m Alright, was acommitment to develop a Children’s Charter. This was reaffirmed in APartnership for a Better Scotland in May 2003. The charter was developed inconjunction with Save the Children and in consultation with children and youngpeople and their families, as well as professionals in the statutory andvoluntary sectors.
We are also issuing today aFramework for Standards for all agencies to help translate the charter intopractice. This is part of a package of on-going developments in the childprotection reform programme. The framework, with the charter, provides theoverarching context for further work in the reform programme to help deliverbetter outcomes for children and young people.
Copies of both thesedocuments have been placed in Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. numbers 31624and 31625) and on the Scottish Executive website.