Member

My Amendment 99 would provide for stopping this cycle of recurrent removals through the provision of specialist support for parents. This would be right from a human point of view, as we have heard very powerfully today, but also from a financial point of view. There is clear evidence, including from the research commissioned by the Department for Education, that investment in these services leads to significant returns, as the noble Lord, Lord Meston, referred to—£4.50 for every £1 invested over four years—and greater gains over the longer term.