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Children and Adoption Bill [HL]

I thank the noble Lord for that reply and I shall study his words carefully in the Official Report. My concern about the process of review in part stems from the fact that the decision to restrict, as set out in the Bill, will not itself be subject to consultation with the central authority in the country that is going to be restricted or with others. Nor is there an appeal process against that decision. So this may be a decision that may be taken swiftly without much information being available to any other relevant party who might have an interest, hence my concern about the process of review and the need to make it transparent. Perhaps the noble Lord will write to me with further details, if he has any. Clause 9, as amended, agreed to. Clause 10 [The special restrictions]: