Children and Young Persons Bill [HL]

I have not given formal notice, but I have given notice to the Minister’s officials. I hope that is helpful, and perhaps I may continue. I understand that privately arranged fosterers are supposed to be registered or notified to the local authority. In practice that does not always happen. There may be frequent instances where it does not happen. What checks are made or can be made, and what are the powers of enforcement with regard to privately arranged fostering? The background to this is that there are considerable worries about private placements for fostering being used as cover for the trafficking of children who, when they get to their private foster carers, may be prepared for domestic slavery in some shape or form or for much worse forms of exploitation. I would be very grateful for anything that the Minister can say about this, given that I am pretty sure I raised the matter at Second Reading.