New clause 9 - Registration of private foster parents

Part of Adoption and Children Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 9:45 am ar 17 Ionawr 2002.

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Photo of Jonathan Djanogly Jonathan Djanogly Ceidwadwyr, Huntingdon 9:45, 17 Ionawr 2002

No, I shall continue my point. The same thing could happen to private foster parents if we do not tread carefully. For many foster parents, fostering does not provide their main income; they do it not only for extra money, but because they feel that it is giving something to the community in which they live. If we go in too hard on regulation, those people will start dropping out. Why should they go through extra hoops of regulation?