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Lords Chamber
Children’s Homes etc. Inspection Fees, Childcare Fees, Adoption and Children Act Register (Amendment) Regulations 2019 - Tue 18 Jun 2019
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Lord Russell of Liverpool (CB - Excepted Hereditary) Inspection Fees, Childcare Fees, Adoption and Children Act Register (Amendment) Regulations 2019, in - Speech Link
2: Lord Russell of Liverpool (CB - Excepted Hereditary) Maker, which also provides the online platform for the Scottish and Welsh adoption registers. - Speech Link
3: Lord Agnew of Oulton (CON - Life peer) are placed without delay and that high-quality adoption support is available nationwide. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Schools: Adopted Children - Tue 14 May 2019
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Earl of Listowel (CB - Excepted Hereditary) We have often asked and we do not know, and it is hard to measure the effectiveness of the adoption support - Speech Link
2: Lord Russell of Liverpool (CB - Excepted Hereditary) the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Adoption and Fostering into the adoption support fund, which was - Speech Link
3: Lord Watson of Invergowrie (LAB - Life peer) , I attended one of the hearings conducted by the All-Party Group for Adoption and Permanence as part - Speech Link
4: Lord Agnew of Oulton (CON - Life peer) The Adoption and Special Guardianship Leadership Board, which advises Ministers on adoption policy, is - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Aviation Safety (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 - Tue 12 Mar 2019
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Baroness Sugg (CON - Life peer) ; the provision of air traffic management and air navigation services; the design and operation of aerodromes - Speech Link
2: Lord Berkeley (LAB - Life peer) “EASA aircraft” and “non-EASA” aircraft to “Part-21” and “non-Part-21”. - Speech Link
3: None There is no procedure laid down here for consultation and no formal role for the CAA as advisers; and - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Brexit: Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration - Wed 05 Dec 2018
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Whitty (LAB - Life peer) Ireland—and dark forces of racism and worse have been released in and after the referendum. - Speech Link
2: Lord Garnier (CON - Life peer) Hope, and my noble and learned friend Lord Mackay. - Speech Link
3: Lord Davies of Stamford (LAB - Life peer) many of them in the NHS and the catering and entertainment industry, in bars and restaurants and in - Speech Link
4: Lord Anderson of Swansea (LAB - Life peer) This entailed a rejection of the customs union, the single market and the adoption of policies on aviation - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Foster Care - Wed 14 Mar 2018
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Barry Sheerman (LAB - Huddersfield) person, their background and their problems and challenges. - Speech Link
2: Lisa Nandy (LAB - Wigan) I do not criticise the Government at all for wanting to look closely at what happens in adoption, and - Speech Link
3: Bill Esterson (LAB - Sefton Central) Friend raises the point about the cost element of recommending adoption and special guardianship orders - Speech Link
4: Nick Gibb (CON - Bognor Regis and Littlehampton) Stability and permanence are transformative for many children. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
Committee: 6th sitting (Hansard - continued): House of Lords - Mon 12 Mar 2018
Department for Exiting the European Union

Mentions:
1: Lord Elystan-Morgan (CB - Life peer) is intended to guarantee the permanence of the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh Assembly. - Speech Link
2: Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth (CON - Life peer) and Welsh Governments, and progress is being made. - Speech Link
3: Lord Callanan (CON - Life peer) the UK and between the UK and the EU. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Education Committee - Thu 11 Jan 2018
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Robert Halfon (CON - Harlow) Friend the Member for Scarborough and Whitby (Mr Goodwill), the former Minister for Children and Families - Speech Link
2: Lucy Allan (CON - Telford) I was a member of the Select Committee in the previous Parliament, and am a member in this one, and I - Speech Link
3: Tim Loughton (CON - East Worthing and Shoreham) through centralised recruitment to encourage adopters to come forward and, crucially, on offering adoption - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
Committee: 6th sitting: House of Commons - Tue 12 Dec 2017
Department for Exiting the European Union

Mentions:
1: None it still takes far too long to get those children to places of safety, permanence and some degree of - Speech Link
2: Steve Baker (CON - Wycombe) Members for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford, for Ross, Skye and Lochaber and for Carshalton and - Speech Link
3: Steve Baker (CON - Wycombe) 1989 and the Adoption and Children Act 2002, in addition to other legislative measures across the UK - Speech Link
4: Steve Baker (CON - Wycombe) Member for Ross, Skye and Lochaber and the hon. - Speech Link
5: Steve Baker (CON - Wycombe) Lady’s point is well made and has been heard by me and my right hon. and hon. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Family Justice Reform - Wed 15 Nov 2017
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Grandparents come to me and tell me about their cases, and I understand the heartache and pain they feel - Speech Link
2: Angela Crawley (SNP - Lanark and Hamilton East) parents and children, including parental rights and responsibilities and the interplay of children’s - Speech Link
3: Yasmin Qureshi (LAB - Bolton South East) Members for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (John Lamont) and for Lanark and Hamilton East (Angela - Speech Link
4: Phillip Lee (LDEM - Bracknell) The Government have always been clear that the right to permanence option—whether adoption, special guardianship - Speech Link


Petitions
Adoption - Tue 05 Sep 2017
No Department present

Mentions:
1: None the use of adoption targets by Local Authorities and whether they impact on the independence of evidence - Speech Link
2: None Whilst it believes that adoption can be the right permanence option for some children, it is also clear - Speech Link
3: None Adoption is one permanence option that is open for a local authority to consider. - Speech Link
4: None ; and they may also seek leave to appeal a decision to make an adoption order. - Speech Link