TAKING CHILDREN INTO CARE

Early day motion 196, tabled 21 November 2006 by John Hemming (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 15 members.

That this House notes that taking fewer children into care would facilitate the provision of better services for those who have been taken into care; further notes that many children have been taken into care in error in the past; further notes that there is a conflict of interest between social services acting as a supportive service and social services acting as an enforcement-based service; and calls for the Secretary of State for the Department for Education and Skills to review the option of taking the enforcement role out of social services and into a specialist agency.

Signatures by party: Labour 10, Conservative 2, Liberal Democrat 2, Plaid Cymru 1.