http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8313572.stm
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| Quote: Maggie Atkinson was nominated by Children's Secretary Ed Balls to take up the post in March 2010. | |
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| Quote: Labour MP Barry Sheerman, who chairs the committee, said members had not been convinced of Ms Atkinson's suitability for the role. "We needed to see more sense of determination to assert the independence of the role and challenge the status quo on children's behalf and to strengthen the remit of the role by championing children's rights," he explained. "When pushed... she said she would not champion children's rights, her role was to be the voice of children. We found it difficult to see how she could do one without the other." | |
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So she's nominated by Mr Balls (write your own jokes) where presumably her independence would have had to be a factor, otherwise what's the point of the job, only for the committee to say she wasn't independent enough when she wanted to define her role
