New clause 9 - Registration of private foster parents

Part of Adoption and Children Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 10:00 am on 17 January 2002.

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Photo of Mr Hilton Dawson Mr Hilton Dawson Labour, Lancaster and Wyre 10:00, 17 January 2002

I do not think that there would be a problem if fewer people were prepared to come forward for private foster care. I do not care if the source of private foster carers dries up. If people want to be private foster carers, they should go on a register. If they are not prepared to do so, there must be a problem and parents should not place their children in such foster care. We are talking not about properly approved and supported foster carers used by local authorities, but about a small—