Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 7239
Adoption
Tabled: 4 October 2024
Answered: 11 October 2024
Question
Freddie van Mierlo
Liberal Democrat — Henley and Thame
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Third Report of the Joint Committee on Human Rights of Session 2022-23 on The Violation of Family Life: Adoption of Children of Unmarried Women 1949–1976, HC270, published on 6 July 2022,
Answer
Janet DabyThe department has the deepest sympathy with everyone affected by historic forced adoption. The practice was abhorrent and should never have taken place. The department is committed to supporting adopted adults. Regulations have already been changed to ma...
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