Children and Adoption Bill [HL]

Noble Lords will not be surprised to hear that I share that unease. However, I wish to discuss particularly Amendment No. 4. It seems to me that the very last thing that we want to do is to give parents who are arguing something else to argue about in court; that is, what constitutes one-third of the time. We have to bear it in mind that one makes such arrangements for children at a certain stage of their life—but their life moves on. The arrangements that you make for a child when he or she is nine will not fit the case when they are 13. Will that then constitute more of a reason for the parents to go back to court? I suggest that in view of the pressures that exist on court time that is the very last thing that we need.