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Children and Young Persons Bill [HL]

I thank the Minister for his reply. I look forward to hearing further details of those young people whose placements break down more frequently than three times. I emphasise again that the danger with the current system is that it is cheaper to keep children in foster placements. The most vulnerable and traumatised children may find themselves being moved from one foster placement to another and then another. Unless one keeps a strong eye on those children who are moved to five, six, seven or eight placements, one could severely harm those most vulnerable children as they go through the care system until eventually they end up in the right, perhaps more expensive, specialist placement. We do not want to put them through that. I look forward to receiving the information, but we need to look at what pressures might be put on local authorities to ensure that, when these numbers start building up, prompt action is taken to place the child in the right placement, which, as I say, may be a more expensive specialist placement. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. [Amendments Nos. 29 to 34 not moved.] Clause 8 agreed to. [Amendments Nos. 35 and 36 not moved.] Clause 9 [Provision of accommodation which is near to looked after child’s school]: [Amendment No. 37 not moved.]