Children and Adoption Bill [HL]

I am grateful to the noble Baroness. I shall have to read what she said but I think that she may well have convinced me that the issue of the definition of ““parent”” is covered in law. On the wider issue of Amendment No. 31, I still have some way to go and, once again, I should like to read what the noble Baroness said and perhaps write to her about it. I am anxious that the courts and CAFCASS should be instructed to take into account, subject to the safety, the priority and the wellbeing of the child, not only the wishes but the duties and responsibilities of each parent. I return to the point that I made previously, that within the framework of a perfectly safe arrangement—and there may be two or three arrangements that would be equally good for the wellbeing of the child—there should be a requirement that CAFCASS takes this into account when it is reporting to the courts and for the courts to take that into account. I should be grateful if the noble Baroness would write to me about the qualifications of the people in CAFCASS who produce such reports. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.