Jillian van Turnhout (Independent)

I have not spoken yet but I have listened carefully to everything that has been said this morning. I can understand the Minister's explanations on several amendments but I will support amendment No. 1. This House must send a signal. I do not expect the amendment to be accepted but we should send a signal that we are opening wider for those reasons.

Through my previous role with the Children's Rights Alliance and in my current role I have had the privilege to meet many survivors, some of whom have sought redress and others who have not for individual and unique reasons. One thing that many survivors have said to me, which gave me huge strength in particular in my previous role in the Children's Rights Alliance, was that they believe a true monument to their abuse would be to strengthen children's rights in the Constitution and for the people of this country to say "Yes" that children have rights.