Mr. Gordon Jeyes:

I completely agree with Deputy Ó Caoláin's points about enforcement. I endorse the spirit of the question in that enforcement action should be available to whomsoever has an inspection and monitoring role. Even at the moment, I am not the commissioner. If I was engaged in similar activity as director in Stirling or Cambridge, I would have been able to take action with court stages later on. I would have had immediate power, so I would argue for that.

In response to Deputy Conway, I expect all public bodies and others to know about Children First. It does not need to be statutory for us to know what to do. Until the parents saw the footage and contacted us, we did not receive any child protection notifications. Generalised complaints were made. In one instance, the investigator left on 20 March and reported a complaint to the inspectors on 15 April.

The other investigator left on 29 March and issued a complaint on 8 April, 3, 14 and 17 May.