Member

My amendment also builds in clarity of responsibility regarding the placement resting with the home local authority, and it is clear about the need for children to be placed close to home when it is safe to do so. That obviously has widespread support across the House. It builds in capacity for the sadly inevitable emergency placements, and embeds provision, including speech and language and clinical psychology provision, as well as putting an onus on the provider to remain connected to children after they move on. It creates flexibility to require the provider to offer edge-of-care support as an alternative to residential provision.