Member

I turn briefly to Amendment 102, which would provide all children in the care system with the same right to reasonable contact with their brothers and sisters as they currently have with their parents—something that is often sorely lacking under the current arrangements. I know from my time as chair of Cafcass, when I used to talk to groups of children in care and those who had recently left care, what sort of things had been really difficult for them to deal with emotionally. Time and again, they told me about their sibling relationships. On top of the trauma of going into care, being wrenched away from their brothers and sisters left a major emotional scar on them.