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HANSARDChildren’s Social CareI know that my hon. Friend, from her professional expertise before coming to this House, understands better than most how important social work, early intervention and support for…18 Nov 2024HANSARDChildren’s Social CareMy hon. Friend is right to identify the urgent need to do more to support care leavers at the point when they move through the system and throughout their lives. That is why I am…18 Nov 2024HANSARDChildren’s Social CareI agree, and I will be working very closely with the Chancellor and the Deputy Prime Minister in this area. The hon. Gentleman is right to highlight the increase in unsafe…18 Nov 2024HANSARDChildren’s Social CareAs we take forward further proposals both for legislation and for wider change and reform across the sector, we look forward to working not only with family rights organisations,…18 Nov 2024HANSARDChildren’s Social CareI am grateful to the hon. Lady, and I am sure that the Under-Secretary of State for Education, my hon. Friend the Member for Lewisham East (Janet Daby) would be happy to meet her…18 Nov 2024HANSARDChildren’s Social CareI agree that there is still much more that we need to do to support kinship carers and foster families; that is why the measures we set out in the Budget are so important. From…18 Nov 2024HANSARDChildren’s Social CareMy hon. Friend brings real expertise to this House from her work in education. Education is also a crucial area where we need to work together on safeguarding; school staff,…18 Nov 2024HANSARDChildren’s Social CareI am not quite sure how to begin to respond to the frankly extraordinary first part of the right hon. Gentleman’s question. To take the more serious points he raised, we are…18 Nov 2024HANSARDChildren’s Social CareI pay tribute to my hon. Friend, who has consistently shared his personal experience, and who has demonstrated to so many young people what can be achieved, even when there are…18 Nov 2024HANSARDChildren’s Social CareThe hon. Lady has rightly championed the cause of kinship carers for many years in this House, and I pay tribute to her for drawing attention to this crucial area. The measures we…18 Nov 2024HANSARDChildren’s Social CareMy hon. Friend has long championed this cause and brings considerable expertise to the role that she now undertakes as Chair of the Select Committee. I look forward to discussing…18 Nov 2024HANSARDChildren’s Social CareI can say to the right hon. Lady that we will absolutely do more. We are doing more in four months than the Conservatives did in 14 years. They had 14 years, yet she has the…18 Nov 2024HANSARDChildren’s Social CareMy hon. Friend is right. There are big differences based on geography. I find it quite astounding that 25% of registered places are in the north-west of England. That is a…18 Nov 2024HANSARDChildren’s Social CareWe are calling time on the excess profiteering of big private providers, which are seeing profits of 20% to 30%. If they fail to act and bring down costs, we will legislate to cap…18 Nov 2024HANSARDChildren’s Social CareI am grateful for all my hon. Friend’s work in this area. She is right that councils were left at the mercy of private providers, often paying extortionate costs for poor-quality…18 Nov 2024HANSARDChildren’s Social CareMy hon. Friend’s local authority has done brilliant work in this area. We are keen to build on the best examples that already exist around the country. I know that my hon. Friend…18 Nov 2024HANSARDChildren’s Social CareI pay tribute to my hon. Friend for his tremendous work in this area. I am delighted that we have been able to act in many of the areas that he identified as part of his review.…18 Nov 2024HANSARDChildren’s Social CareMy hon. Friend is right that there are many long-standing challenges in this area. On corporate parenting, today’s Command Paper sets out the steps that we intend to take to bring…18 Nov 2024HANSARDChildren’s Social CareLike the hon. Gentleman, I have seen good examples of councils across the country that have started to take such action, but they have done so by going against the grain of…18 Nov 2024HANSARDChildren’s Social CareI thank my hon. Friend for speaking about his experiences. He will know that until quite recently this area was perhaps little understood. It is so important that people like him…18 Nov 2024