ASSISTANCE BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO CARE LEAVERS UP TO THE AGE OF 21

Motion Text

That this House congratulates the Government on its commitment to improving services for young people leaving care; supports the view of the Health Committee that the duty of local authorities should extend to young people up to and including the age of 21; and urges the Government to heed the recent statement of Sir William Utting that 'deferring this to an unforseen future would be a further injustice to a generation of young people who have been failed in the past'.