New Clause 16
Children and Young Persons Bill [Lords]
2:15 pm
David Kidney (PPS (Rt Hon Rosie Winterton, Minister of State), Department for Transport; Stafford, Labour)
I wanted to intervene to say that I support the new clause, which is why my name appears against it. I do not wish to make a speech. Is not the crux of the matter that there is a legislative framework for adopted children as adults to access their records and learn more about their history, but there is no such framework for adults who were children in care? Those adults have to fall back on the Data Protection Act, which was not meant for that purpose and actually gets in the way.