Clause 18 - PLACING CHILDREN WITH PARENTAL CONSENT

Part of Adoption and Children Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 9:30 am ar 29 Tachwedd 2001.

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Photo of Jacqui Smith Jacqui Smith Minister of State, Department of Health, Minister of State (Department of Health) 9:30, 29 Tachwedd 2001

I can help the hon. Gentleman. The word ``identified'' was deliberately included in this version of the Bill instead of ``named'', which was the term used in the 1996 draft Bill, with the aim of enabling parents to consent to placement with specific adopters whose name they did not know but with whose characteristics and details they may be familiar through, for example, an anonymised profile passed on by the adoption agency. I assure the hon. Gentleman that identification on the consent form by serial number will be allowed.