Member

The Government have committed in the Bill to introduce the duties, as I have said repeatedly, through responding to the issues that have been raised in this group of amendments, and the well-being of looked-after children and care leavers needs to be at the centre of the work that is done. As I have said, as well as the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, NHS trusts, NHS England and integrated care boards will also be required to take up their responsibilities as corporate parents. Of course, it will need intensive work to develop the statutory guidance that will help everyone to meet their corporate parenting responsibilities. I can therefore confirm to the noble Baroness that the Bill will help ensure that decisions taken by public bodies take the specific needs and vulnerabilities of care leavers into account.