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Children and Social Work Bill [HL]

My Lords, I will speak very briefly in support of what my noble friend Lady Armstrong said—but perhaps with some qualification. The parents that we are talking about are not necessarily dysfunctional, but sometimes they are struggling with enormous material problems of poverty, housing and homelessness. It is easy sometimes for words to be misinterpreted, but I hope we can remember, in all that we are talking about, that sometimes we are talking about the families in this country that

have the greatest struggles with poverty. The stress of getting by can sometimes be just too much, and that is why their children are taken away from them.

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Reference

773 c31GC 

Session

2016-17

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords Grand Committee
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