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Let me take an example that would not be all that unusual of a child aged under 16—14 or 15 years old—who is quite bright and already has a boyfriend. There is nothing unusual about that. They might already have a very unsuitable boyfriend and, regretfully, there is nothing unusual about that. Other people can go to the county court and say, “That boyfriend is entirely unsuitable and certainly should not be the nominated person”, but, under the Bill, the parents with whom the child has been living do not have any opportunity to be consulted or to go to the county court to ask it to rethink this nominated person.