Clause 2 - Adoption pay period
Work and Families Bill
11:45 am
Eleanor Laing (Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland, Scotland; Epping Forest, Conservative)
Once again, I concur with the hon. Gentleman. It is good to see the Minister bringing forward this provision, because encouraging people to adopt is crucial. There are so many children who need to be adopted and given a second chance in life due to the circumstances in which they were born and lived their early lives.
It is incredible to think that we have not previously treated adoptive parents in the same way as birth parents. We support the clause.