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Inquiry into the Welfare of Former British Child Migrants (1997 - 1998)
House of Commons Health Committee, Parliament of the United Kingdom
- From
- July 1997
- To
- 23 July 1998
An Inquiry into the Welfare of Former British Child Migrants was undertaken by the Parliament of the United Kingdom's House of Commons Health Committee in 1997-98. In relation to Australia, the Inquiry was most interested in the fate of children who were sent from Britain in the twentieth century.
Publications
Online Resources
- Hidden Lives Revealed [The Children's Society, UK], The Children’s Society, http://www.hiddenlives.org.uk. Details
- 'Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Health Committee on 11 June 1998', in Health - Third Report, House of Commons Health Committee, Parliament of the United Kingdom, 11 June 1998, https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199798/cmselect/cmhealth/755/8061101.htm. Details
- 'Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Health Committee on 4 June 1998', in Health - Third Report, House of Commons Health Committee, Parliament of the United Kingdom, 4 June 1998, https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199798/cmselect/cmhealth/755/8060401.htm. Details
- 'Database of Archives of Non-Governmental Organisations', University of Birmingham, 2009, https://web.archive.org/web/20090316042456/http://www.dango.bham.ac.uk/index.htm. Details
- Catholic Child Welfare Council, 'CCWC Minutes of Evidence Document 5', in Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Health Committee on 11 June 1998, Parliament of the United Kingdom, 11 June 1998, https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199798/cmselect/cmhealth/755/8061108.htm. Details
- Health Committee, House of Commons, Health - Third Report, Parliament of the United Kingdom, 23 July 1998, https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199798/cmselect/cmhealth/755/75502.htm. Details
- Health Committee, House of Commons, First Special Report: Welfare of Former British Child Migrants, Parliament of the United Kingdom, 13 March 2001, http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200001/cmselect/cmhealth/152/15206.htm. Details
- Lateline, Lateline: Sins of The Brothers, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 24 November 1998, https://web.archive.org/web/20160731071428/http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/stories/s17579.htm. Details
- Parliament of Australia Senate, Lost Innocents: Righting the Record Report on Child Migration, Community Affairs References Committee, Senate Printing Unit, Canberra, 2001, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/completed_inquiries/1999-02/child_migrat/report/index.htm. Details
Photos
- Title
- CCWC Minutes of Evidence Document 3
- Type
- Document
- Date
- 11 June 1998
- Source
- House of Commons Health Committee, Parliament of the United Kingdom
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