Committee to hear about challenges facing the adoption system
Lords collects evidence from podcast host Al Coates MBE and family law experts
Meeting details
At 3:15pm: Oral evidence
Inquiry
Children and Families Act 2014
Consultant at Osbornes Law
Founder and Social worker at Adoption and Fostering Podcast
At 4:15pm: Oral evidence
Inquiry
Children and Families Act 2014
Professor at University of Bristol
Likely question topics include:
- Challenges facing the adoption system and the family justice system
- The low rates of early permanence placements
- Post-adoption support for families
- The modernisation and improvement of post-adoption contact
- Racial and ethnic disparities in the adoption system
- Court scrutiny of care plans