The MHK in charge of social services is telling critics both inside and outside of Tynwald to back off, and let the staff there get on with their jobs.
South Douglas member Bill Malarkey is passionately defending the division, after recent criticism that a long-promised external review of the Island's children's services still hadn't been carried out.
Mr Malarkey says great progress continues to be made behind the scenes, and when the review comes around, probably by 2012, the required standards will be met:

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