Adoption
Commons · Question 71112 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 9 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Daisy Cooper
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, HC 270, published on 15 July 2022
Answer
Answered by Josh MacAlister, 9 Sep 2025
This abhorrent practice should never have taken place, and our deepest sympathies are with all those affected.We take this issue extremely seriously and continue to engage with those affected to provide support.The department continues to follow up o...