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Adoption

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Third Report of the Joint Committee on Human Rights of Session 2022-23 on The Violation of Family Life: Adoption of Children of Unmarried Women 1949–1976, HC270, published on 6 July 2022,

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
4 Oct 2024
Target answer date
8 Oct 2024
Answer
11 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Third Report of the Joint Committee on Human Rights of Session 2022-23 on The Violation of Family Life: Adoption of Children of Unmarried Women 1949–1976, HC270, published on 6 July 2022,

  2. 8 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 11 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    The department has the deepest sympathy with everyone affected by historic forced adoption. The practice was abhorrent and should never have taken place. The department is committed to supporting adopted adults. Regulations have already been changed to ma...

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