ct be
completely redrafted, etc.)

A complete redraft of the Act is now in course of preparation.

Further comments on paragraph (_f_) above were made by Dr Beeby. They
are as follow:

"We think that the right of appeal from the decisions of the
Children's Courts might be usefully made explicit in the Child
Welfare Act. We agree also that it might be well to provide for the
right of appeal against the Superintendent in certain
circumstances. If the system is to be workable and not brought to a
standstill by a mass of frivolous appeals, it will be necessary to
restrict the right of appeal. If an appeal were to lie every time
the Superintendent shifted a ward of State, the proceedings would
be endless. The only appeal, we think, should be one to have a
child discharged from the care of the Superintendent. Serious
complaints of ill treatment could be aired in this way. We are not
able to suggest, off-hand, exactly what the restrictions should be,
and very full discussions between Child Welfare authorities and
legal authorities would be necessary as a preliminary to effective
legislation on the point."

Little, if anything, appeared in the Mazengarb Committee's report to
justify us in thinking that a right of appeal of the kind suggested
should be provided. The Committee express the hope that a step of this
kind should not be taken unless sound reasons were advanced for taking
it.

Summary of Proposals for Administrative Action

In its report at pages 67 and 68 the Mazengarb Committee set out a
number of proposals which in its view could be met by appropriate
action on the part of the Departments mentioned by the Committee. The
suggestions made have been considered by the Departments, and we give
below a statement of the extent to which the suggestions have been
carried into effect.

(_a_) Police Department

It was suggested that the training of policewomen should be considered
with a view to deciding the best method of dealing with girls involved
in sexual offences.

For the information of Parliament we set out below a few excerpts from
a report prepared in the Police Department and sent to us by the
Minister of Police. The excerpts are to the following effect:

"A. _Selection and Training_

"The minimum educational qualities required are secondary school
(Form 2).

"Policewomen are not required for clerical or administrative