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Ministers are facing a battle to pass a controversial new law allowing the use of child spies after peers voted to block their use in all but exceptional circumstances. Police and the security services are among those who would be allowed to use under-18s as covert human intelligence sources (CHIS), with ministers highlighting operations against county lines drug gangs as one area they could be used. But the plan is facing mounting opposition, including from inside the Conservative Party, over fears that they will be placed in danger or drawn into greater criminality. Peers last night passed an amendment by 104 votes which would only permit the undercover involvement of children and vulnerable people in crime in exceptional circumstances and with additional protections. ....
Comment: That tells us how ponerized the High Court is. The case was brought by the charity Just For Kids Law which argued that there were not adequate safeguards governing recruiting and deploying children as spies. Jennifer Twite, of Just For Kids Law, said: We are deeply concerned that the Government is taking an end justifies the means approach by suggesting that it might sometimes be justified to put children in harm s way. This is entirely contrary to our international obligations to treat the best interests of a child as a primary consideration and an extremely worrying way for law enforcement to behave. ....
Duty of care victory prevents trade deals watering down laws to protect children We ve worked too hard in the UK to allow children’s online protection to be in the hands of trade negotiators, says Baroness Kidron 6 January 2021 • 9:00pm Credit: Yui Mok/PA Wire Duty of care laws to safeguard children against online harms will be protected from any watering down in a US-UK trade deal, after the Government was defeated in the Lords. An amendment by child rights campaigner and filmmaker Baroness Kidron ring fencing UK duty of care laws from trade discussions was passed by 340 votes to 248. ....