Rebecca Smith

Rebecca Smith

Conservative — South West Devon

Speaking in the House of Commons on 20 May 2025

Debate

Adoption and Kinship Placements

Contribution

Absolutely: the goalposts have completely shifted. As we saw with farming, it happened overnight, so there was no warning for families and no ability for them to come up with other ideas.

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