The first was around the manner of his narrow focus on particular parts of the adoption system, the second was around the neglect of other parts of the care system.
The headline takeaway from Williamson’s speech – emotive claims local authorities were making ‘lifestyle judgements’ discriminating against prospective adopters who are single, from working class backgrounds or who live in rented accommodation - was, it turned out, based on hearsay.
Adoption is a complex topic that needs a sensitive approach.
The UK is one of the few countries to use non-consensual adoption to the extent it does.
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