Children and Adoption Bill [HL]

This provision addresses the point raised by the noble Baroness through Amendments Nos. 54 and 59. They propose that providers of activities should be appropriately qualified. In revising this regulation-making power, we have made clear that the Secretary of State or the National Assembly for Wales may determine which providers can receive public funds for administering contact activities. This must be right where public money is being used and where parents and children are depending on the quality of the contact activities at a very difficult time in their lives. If I have not dealt in enough detail with the points raised by the noble Baroness, I am happy to come back to her in writing.