Overview

• MP Liz Twist led the Westminster Hall debate on a proposed Child Risk Disclosure Scheme inspired by two-year-old Maya Chappell’s case, with Maya’s relatives attending.
• Minister for Children, Families and Wellbeing Josh MacAlister told MPs he did not believe now was the time for a standalone disclosure scheme.
• MacAlister cited the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, which he said includes a new statutory duty to share information for child safeguarding, noting its progress through Parliament.
• The minister agreed to meet campaigners after the debate as Maya’s family vowed to continue pressing for legislative change.
• The campaign’s petition has surpassed roughly 6,600 signatures, with targets of 10,000 for an official government response and 100,000 for a full Commons debate.