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Children and Young Persons Bill [HL]

I have heard the concerns of a provider of adoption services that children who should not have been placed for adoption are being so placed, and that the consequent placements are breaking down because they are not right and are not well supported. If the Government wish to continue with these targets, they must think more carefully about how they will support the families and ensure that decisions made about children’s placements are appropriate, because it is terrible for the child to be promised a placement with a family and for that placement to then break down. However, one has to applaud the Government for being successful in securing many more adoption placements.