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The reporting has, somewhat naturally, been sensationalised but it's worth noting that the current legislation does not require councils to ban all parents without CRB checks from staying in supervised council-operated areas; what it does require is that for situations which have adults gained repeated and sustained access to children, such adults must be vetted through the CRB process (and I don't agree with this either, but that's another debate). The whole point of having such places supervised is that they look out for the children by considering and observing all potential issues - Watford have decided that this is too much like hard work, whereas a blanket ban is easy to implement and maintain.