Social Care Minister David Ashford says that organisations that ignore directions from a new child death review panel could lose their registration.

The Children and Young Persons (Amendment) Bill, which last week completed its passage through the House of Keys, will set up a child death review panel to examine whether any action is required.

During earlier scrutiny of the Bill, Mr Ashford was asked what would happen if an individual or organisation refused to take any action that was directed by such a panel.

At the third reading stage last week, Mr Ashford said that in the ’unlikely’ event that a government department refused to take the required action, the Council of Ministers could intervene.

He added: ’Were a third sector organisation to respond indicating they would not be taking action, and the child death review partners being dissatisfied with that response, subject to the severity of the issue at hand, consideration would need to be given as to that organisation being able, fit and proper to carry on providing child-related services.’

That could result in the organisation losing its registration to provide services in the island, he said.

MHKs granted the Bill a third reading and it will now go to the Legislative Council for further scrutiny.