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Children and Young Persons Bill [HL]

I support the amendments in principle. Clearly, it is very important to keep children together if one can. If that cannot happen, it is very important that they see each other if—I hope that I shall not be accused of being unduly legalistic here—it is in the interests of the welfare of the child and siblings. There are cases where a child is extremely keen to see other children in the family but it is not in his or her interests to do so, and there are also cases where the other children do not want to be involved. Therefore, one has to be a trifle cautious in that regard.