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Children and Young Persons Bill [HL]

This falls in line with what I said on kinship care. As the noble Baroness, Lady Greengross, said, more than 200,000 grandparents and extended family members are already raising their grandchildren because their children cannot do so. We need to harness the dedication and love that extended family members have for the younger generation in their families. At the moment local authorities are too often missing a trick by not tapping into it more readily, but it is the children who are missing out most of all. We support the amendment’s attempt to utilise and appreciate this valuable resource.