Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of the extent to which the UK's immigration rules on adopted children (a) meet obligations under the Hague Adoption Convention and (b) adequately support families with adopted children within the visa system.
Any non-European Economic Area national child wishing to come to the UK to settle here with their parent must apply for entry clearance under the family Immigration Rules. These make provision for a child whose adoption is legally recognised under the Hague Convention or otherwise and for a child to come to the UK for the purposes of adoption, providing that particular requirements and safeguards are met.