I am grateful to the Secretary of State for his clear exposition of where he stands. However, this question still remains: would he prefer simply to use the term "parent/step-parent", for example, or perhaps include "grandparent", and leave it at that? It may be that he and I would not agree even on that, but at least it would remove a lot of the problems relating to the expressions "in loco parentis" or "parental responsibility", which the courts have extended in a whole variety of ways. From my point of view, I would want this to be less restrictive, but would the Secretary of State—
Children, Schools and Families Bill
Proceeding contribution from
William Cash
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 23 February 2010.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Children, Schools and Families Bill.
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