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 Robert Walter Robert Walter Ceidwadwyr, North Dorset 9:30, 29 Tachwedd 2001

Is the Minister not aware that, in evidence laid before the Committee, the Adoption Law Reform Group asked that as part of proceedings the child, subject to his or her age, should have to consent, or refuse to consent, to the adoption? Several important bodies have been involved in the sittings: the Association of Directors of Social Services, the British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering, the British Association of Social Workers, and so on. Do the Government not accept their views?