My Lords, I find that surprising when, on a daily basis, the guardian ad litem in a court case can be expected to make similar sorts of judgments between two people as to whether contact should be awarded to one parent or the other. These are the same families, so surely there must be some way in which this kind of assessment could be made. Indeed, it has to be made because the noble Lord said previously that there would be some discretion in relation to marital violence and child protection. How are those assessments going to be made if no assessment is made at all?
Welfare Reform Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness Howarth of Breckland
(Crossbench)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 25 January 2012.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Welfare Reform Bill.
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