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Children and Adoption Bill [HL]

I agree with the noble Earl, Lord Howe, in some respects in that there will be real difficulties with litigation in court in this area. I believe this was discussed in the Scrutiny Committee. I know that much of this is framed for legal reasons. Lawyers will know better than I why ““reasonable”” is used here and not in the other place—I am learning about why this is—but it causes problems, as it does in relation to paramountcy It is all bound up with the same argument about what happens in a particular court at a particular time. I hope that all noble Lords will press for early intervention. This may be at a primary, secondary or even tertiary stage and we should be trying at this stage—which is almost a tertiary stage—to ensure that there is—