Written question asked by Lord Haworth (Labour), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Adonis (Labour) on Tuesday, 29 January 2008.

Adoption

Question: asked Her Majesty's Government:Further to the Written Statement by Lord Adonis on 6 December 2007 (WS 215), on what evidence the decision to suspend adoptions of Guatemalan children by United Kingdom residents was based.

Answer: The decision to suspend adoptions from Guatemala was based on: information from the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law, including the Report of a Fact-Finding Mission to Guatemala in Relation to Intercountry Adoption 26 February-9 March, which is publicly available; information from the meeting of the Technical Assistance Programme to Guatemala on 11-12 September 2007 at the Hague Conference at which the report was presented; information provided by overseas Governments; and information relating to individual adoption cases.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 1555; 698 c99WA
Session: 2007-08
Related items: Adoption: Guatemala
Thursday, 6 December 2007
Written statements
House of Lords
Subjects: Intercountry adoption Guatemala
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk