Recommendation WATE-(2): Define Commissioner's duties: monitor rights, examine cases, publish reports
From Waterhouse Inquiry — Final Report, published 15 February 2000.
Recommendation
The duties of the Commissioner should include: (a) ensuring that children's rights are respected through the monitoring and oversight of the operation of complaints and whistleblowing procedures and the arrangements for children's advocacy; (b) examining the handling of individual cases brought to the Commissioner's attention (including making recommendations on the merits) when he considers it necessary and appropriate to do so; (c) publishing reports, including an annual report to the National Assembly for Wales.
Government response
No government response to this recommendation is on the record yet.
Delivery
No statement on delivery from the addressee has been found in the sources searched (last checked 27 February 2026). This is separate from the response above.