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

The hon. Gentleman clearly has not listened to a word that I have said, because I began my remarks by saying that there should be a register. The question is not whether there should be a register, but how people would get on to that register and what they would have to go through to maintain their entry on that register. I speak from experience. If we go overboard with regulation, foster parents who are on the margin, for whom fostering is not vital to their income—