Children’s Social Care

My Lords, I congratulate the Government on this encouraging and very ambitious Statement on the d...

I thank the noble Lord, who has done as much as anybody to improve the lives of vulnerable childr...

My Lords, first, I declare a new interest. Tomorrow, I hope to be endorsed as a trustee of Founda...

First, I congratulate my noble friend on her new role, to which I know she will bring an enormous...

My Lords, while I welcome the focus on trying to regulate private placements, that is also going ...

The noble Baroness makes an important point about the relationship between this work and the work...

My Lords, I remind the House of my registered interests. I strongly welcome the Statement and par...

I welcome the noble Lord’s welcome for this work. I agree with the point that has just been made ...

My Lords, the Competition and Markets Authority concluded in a recent report:

“The UK has s...

My noble friend makes an important point. She is absolutely right that we are seeing profiteering...

My Lords, I declare my position as a vice-president of the Local Government Association. I follow...

The noble Baroness makes an important point, taking us even further back in the process to the si...

My Lords, I first declare an interest: I grew up in a children’s home, so I have a bit of knowled...

I make no comment about the Treasury, but the noble Lord is right to bring us back to the most im...

My Lords, I have a question about a category of children who are perhaps the most vulnerable with...

My noble friend is absolutely right: there has been an unacceptable increase in the number of chi...