Ministerial statement on Tuesday, 7 July 2026, in the House of Lords, led by Baroness Smith of Basildon.

Historical Forced Adoption

Lords statement on the mothers and adult adoptees harmed by historical adoption practices in England.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 858 cc98-112
Session: 2026-27
Department: Lord Privy Seal
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Proceeding contributions: Baroness Smith of Basildon | 858 cc98-102 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I shall repeat a Statement from the Prime Minister. I do not always repeat Statements; ...; Baroness Cash | 858 cc101-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I sincerely thank the Lord Privy Seal for repeating this Statement and taking the time ...; Lord Mohammed of Tinsley | 858 cc103-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I too thank the Lord Privy Seal for repeating the Statement. It was particularly moving...; Baroness Smith of Basildon | 858 cc105-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord and the noble Baroness for their comments and their welcoming of...; Baroness Wheeler | 858 cc106-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, before we move on, I remind the House that the next 20 minutes are reserved for questio...; Lord Alton of Liverpool | 858 c107 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank the Lord Privy Seal for the tone and manner in which she repeated the Prime Min...; Baroness Smith of Basildon | 858 cc107-8 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to the noble Lord and value the work and findings of the JCHR and Joint Committees....; Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick | 858 c108 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank my noble friend the Lord Privy Seal for repeating the Statement. The Statement ...; Baroness Smith of Basildon | 858 c108 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, as the noble Baroness references, this was a Statement that covers England only. There ...; Lord Lansley | 858 c108 (Link to this contribution)
In 1997 and 1998, I served on the Health Select Committee, along with Ann Keen, under the chairma...; Baroness Smith of Basildon | 858 c108 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord for his comments and will certainly take them back, as ...; Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 858 cc108-9 (Link to this contribution)
I declare something of an interest here. Back in 2012, as a volunteer, I designed the Movement fo...; Baroness Smith of Basildon | 858 c109 (Link to this contribution)
I do not know whether the noble Baroness heard that part of the Statement, but the Education Secr...; Bishop of Winchester | 858 cc109-110 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I welcome the Prime Minister’s apology last week and thank the Lord Privy Seal for read...; Baroness Smith of Basildon | 858 c110 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to the right reverend Prelate for the way that he and the most reverend Primate the...; Baroness Watkins of Tavistock | 858 c110 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank the Lord Privy Seal and the Prime Minister for the tone and the detail in this ...; Baroness Smith of Basildon | 858 c111 (Link to this contribution)
First, I am sure the noble Baroness just misspoke: the NHS was 78 on Sunday, not 68.
She re...; Lord Wallace of Saltaire | 858 c111 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I declare a painful personal interest. My mother was working as a volunteer for the Chu...; Baroness Smith of Basildon | 858 cc111-2 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the noble Lord, but I must correct him: I do not think the Church ever preached that sex ...; Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway | 858 c112 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I add my voice to those of everybody else in thanking my noble friend for repeating the...; Baroness Smith of Basildon | 858 c112 (Link to this contribution)
The noble Baroness is right that some people will find any excuse to demonise or act against or d...
Subjects: Disclosure of information Databases Adoption Women Health services Human rights Discrimination Medical records Lone parents
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Historical Forced Adoption

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