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 Jonathan Djanogly Jonathan Djanogly Ceidwadwyr, Huntingdon 9:30, 29 Tachwedd 2001

Djanogly. On Tuesday, Mr. Stevenson, we were all wondering how to pronounce the name of a Welsh constituency.

I believe that we all agree that the Bill is aiming—in some ways, more than the Adoption Act 1976—to put the child's rights more to the fore. When debating our amendments on how the child's rights should be stated, the argument seems always to return to the fact that they will be set out in regulations—but we have had no sight of those regulations. If a child is to have rights, they should be reflected in the legislation.