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<p>Every child’s death is a tragedy. That is why the Government has called on everyone
who comes into contact with babies, children and families to recognise the role we
all play in keeping them safe, and the need to work together to identify concerns,
share information and take prompt action.</p><p>As part of this, the Government has
already taken the following steps:</p><p> </p><ul><li>We are transforming the way
local safeguarding agencies work together, having placed a new duty on the local authority,
police and health leaders to produce new safeguarding partnerships arrangements. This
will ensure a more effective and collaborative response in safeguarding children,
which has been especially important in light of emerging risks during the lockdown
period. We have been working closely with statutory partners and wider stakeholders
who may be coming into contact with vulnerable children at this time to ensure that
safeguarding concerns continue to be reported and acted upon.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>We
have created a new system of practice reviews, overseen by the Child Safeguarding
Practice Review Panel, to ensure that lessons are quickly and robustly learned when
a serious incident or death of a child occurs. The Panel have recently announced that
their third national review will focus on non-accidental injury in children under
one. Government has welcomed this review and will consider the Panel’s findings in
detail once published.</li></ul><p> </p><p>We reintroduced the Domestic Abuse Bill
in March 2020 to better protect and support the victims of abuse and their children
and bring perpetrators to justice. The Bill transferred to the Lords on 7 July having
completed its Commons stages.</p>
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