Clause 38 - Power to establish registration scheme in England
Children Bill [Lords]
2:45 pm
Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster and Wyre, Labour)
In many of the circumstances that the hon. Lady has mentioned—when there is illness or bereavement in the family, for example—people need to look to friends, neighbours or members of the extended family to take over the care of a child for a short time. Private fostering comes into the equation only when the child has been in such care for 28 days, which is a long time.