In order to clarify matters for Report stage, would the noble Lord be prepared to write to me and to other Members of the Committee explaining exactly what the instruction to the courts is at present? If it is not reasonable contact, on what basis are the courts instructed to make their judgments? If it is simply the well-being of the child, surely, as I said earlier, a whole range of different situations could equally be for the well-being of the child. Are the courts guided by some kind of research? Who guides the courts and on what principles are their decisions based at present? I am not asking for an answer now.
Children and Adoption Bill [HL]
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Northbourne
(Crossbench)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 12 October 2005.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee proceeding on Children and Adoption Bill [HL].
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