Children in Public Care: Unregistered Accommodation Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Children in Public Care: Unregistered Accommodation

Lord Cormack Excerpts
Monday 4th November 2019

(4 years, 6 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Cormack Portrait Lord Cormack (Con)
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My Lords—

Lord Ashton of Hyde Portrait Lord Ashton of Hyde (Con)
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My Lords, it is the turn of the Liberal Democrats.

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Lord Cormack Portrait Lord Cormack
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My Lords, in his earlier answers my noble friend referred to the Secretary of State “revising the guidelines”. I put it to him that that is urgent and must not wait until 12 December. Can he give an undertaking that those guidelines will be looked at forthwith?

Lord Agnew of Oulton Portrait Lord Agnew of Oulton
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I commit to my noble friend to go back to my right honourable friend the Secretary of State today to seek clarification.