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Children and Young Persons Bill [HL]

I thank the Minister and Members of the Committee who have taken part in the debate for their comments. It is puzzling that there appears to be quite a large gap between the perceptions of children in care on whether their views are listened to and what actually happens. I do not have the figures with me as I have just handed in my papers, but there is quite a big gap between what children perceive and what, by definition, should happen automatically, of which children should be fully aware. Perhaps the Minister could tell me whether modern methods of communication are used and whether ““writing”” is still writing. It is important that matters are written down and are in people’s own handwriting. Presumably they are sending one another e-mails all the time, as we are all being encouraged to use those forms of communication.