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Children and Young Persons Bill [HL]

As I was saying before we were so rudely interrupted by the Climate Change Bill, the rate of turnover might be perfectly explicable, but it might be a symptom of a yet unidentified problem with the child or with the local authority’s service provision. Elsewhere in the Bill are provisions for more regular independent reviews of care. This is much more straightforward. Does the Minister think appropriate this kind of trigger for an internal review of a child’s experience of care? It is essential to a child’s experience of care to be able to forge meaningful relationships without fear of having them repeatedly broken off. This is the underlying motivation of the amendment. The number we have chosen may be impractical, but I hope that the Minister will be willing to work with us on the amendment to stem the tide of constant turnover. I beg to move.