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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 12 June 2025

Debate

Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Contribution

On average, a young person living with their birth parents does not leave home until the age of 24, though if they do not want to leave home at that age—and there are very often strong financial reasons for not doing so—they simply remain where they are. It just seems wrong to me that children in foster care should be forced to leave their foster parents unless those parents are in a position to replace the support previously provided by the state.

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