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The point of this is that it would allow the wider family to understand the concerns that the local authority has at an earlier point. It would allow the wider family to demonstrate, or not, whether they can protect the child as early as possible. Perhaps most importantly, it would increase the likelihood of success in the arrangements, because going into child protection proceedings is not an unstressful moment in a family’s life, but it is less stressful than when you go into care proceedings and a child might be removed from your care. On the ability to create a more consensual atmosphere, it feels like the earlier we do this, the more likely that is to happen. As parents, it is hard to imagine anything more stressful than care proceedings.