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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 22 May 2025
Debate
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillContribution
To be clear once again, I do not oppose Clause 3 because I doubt the value of a multi-agency response in child protection, nor do I doubt for a second the importance of early help for families, but the Government’s programme guide for the Families First partnerships seems to have an expectation of speed that does not have space in it to absorb some of the concerns that my noble friend mentioned and which I have mentioned on several occasions in your Lordships’ House. The guide says:
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