Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 71112

Adoption

Tabled: 29 August 2025

Answered: 9 September 2025

Question

Daisy Cooper

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, HC 270, published on 15 July 2022

Answer

Josh MacAlister

This abhorrent practice should never have taken place, and our deepest sympathies are with all those affected.We take this issue extremely seriously and continue to engage with those affected to provide support.The department continues to follow up o...

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