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Children and Adoption Bill [HL]

I thank the Minister for his very detailed and reassuring response to my concerns. Perhaps he could drop me a line in response to two questions. One is whether there are proposals to reform the recruitment of judges from areas of family law. It has been emphasised to me that there is a shortage of judges specialising in this area, but they are needed in order to make possible the kind of practice arrangements that the president of the court has said are so desirable for continuity. I may have to write to the Minister in relation to the second question.