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Children and Young Persons Bill [HL]

My Lords, the proposal is in the interests of children. There is nothing like money to speed things up, and some of these hearings take an extraordinary length of time, during which we focus on the adults—the foster parents and those who have made allegations. The children may have made allegations but we have to remember that they are children at risk. The allegations may be true or not, but just as in other situations, it is important that the children are not seen as objects in the inquiry but that the process is speedy for their sake and everyone else’s. That is another reason for supporting the amendment.