Clause 41 — Child to live with adopters before application

Part of Orders of the Day — Adoption and Children Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] – in the House of Commons at 4:45 pm on 16 May 2002.

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Photo of Jonathan R Shaw Jonathan R Shaw Labour, Chatham and Aylesford 4:45, 16 May 2002

I want to speak only for a short while.

We need to face the situation that I have described not only for the present but for future generations. Mr. Leigh asked how many more adoptive parents there might be: we do not know. At present, unmarried couples are unable to adopt, so it is wrong to compare—