Member

This year, 2026, is the centenary of the Adoption of Children Act 1926, which I am proud to say was brought on to the statute book when one of my maternal great-grandfathers was Prime Minister. Having checked, I found he did not actually have anything to do with that directly, but he obviously said to the Cabinet, “This is good; go forth and multiply”, and it went on to the statute book. In fact, immediately after this group, I shall be going downstairs to the Cholmondeley Room where Coram is celebrating the centenary of adoption going on to the statute book, which was a great achievement.