Lords to examine critical issues in the English adoption system
Friday 18 March 2022
On Monday 21 March the House of Lords Select Committee on the Children and Families Act 2014 will continue its inquiry examining whether the Children and Families Act 2014 is fit for purpose.
In this session the Committee will focus on adoption and explore some of the most critical issues in the English adoption system with key experts in the field. The committee will also explore the impact of the reforms introduced by the Act, with a particular focus on the experiences of kinship carers and birth families.
The public evidence session will take place at 3.15pm (GMT) on Monday 21 March 2022 and can be viewed live on Parliament TV.
The committee will hear from:
3:15pm
- Jo Mitchell, National Service Lead at PAC UK
- Elaine Farmer, Professor of Child and Families Studies at University of Bristol
- Dr Lucy Peake, Chief Executive Officer at Kinship
4.15pm
- Naomi Angell, Consultant at Osbornes Law
- Beth Neil, Professor at University of East Anglia Centre for Research on Children and Families
Likely question topics include:
- Challenges facing the adoption system
- Support for birth families
- Impact of the reforms to post-adoption contact
- Adoption figures
- Ethnic disparities in the English adoption system
- Post-adoption support for families
