Recommendation WATE-(61): Make willingness to visit children's homes pre-condition for committee appointment
From Waterhouse Inquiry — Final Report, published 15 February 2000.
Recommendation
The willingness of councillors to visit children's homes should be a pre-condition of appointment to the committee responsible for the homes and the importance of fulfilling the duty to visit and to report on visits conscientiously should be emphasised to them. Elected members should be provided with appropriate guidance, including reference to the need to be vigilant in protecting the interests of the child residents as well as to be supportive of the staff.
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.