Independent Review of Children’s Social Care - Statement

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 3:46 pm on 24 May 2022.

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Photo of Baroness Sanderson of Welton Baroness Sanderson of Welton Conservative 3:46, 24 May 2022

My Lords, I also welcome this review and its focus on supporting families earlier in the process. To echo an observation made by the author and journalist Polly Curtis, the word “love” was used 42 times in this review and “loving” 50 times. As she says, this is pretty radical for a set of formal proposals. It is most welcome, because is that not what the system is for—making sure that children are loved and cared for when their parents cannot take on that role? As has been mentioned, kinship carers play a fundamental part in this, so will my noble friend reassure us that, as the review proposes, there will be increased legal, practical and financial support for kinship carers to match the scale of what is offered to foster carers and adoptive parents?