Children: Parental Separation Debate
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Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
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(8 years ago)
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Baroness Altmann
The noble and learned Baroness makes another good point. We have been trialling interventions with our innovation fund where we are using the voice of the child to make sure that we include children in the conflict situation. We are also working with the Ministry of Justice to make those interventions work.
Lord Forsyth of Drumlean (Con)
My Lords, is my noble friend aware of the proposals from the Scottish Government, which will be implemented this summer, for every child in Scotland under the age of 18 to have appointed for them a state guardian whose job it is to make sure that the parents are doing their duty? Can she reassure the House that if Scottish parents or parents living in Scotland move south, this outrageous scheme will not be continued in England?
Baroness Altmann
I can indeed assure the House that there are no such plans.