In an announcement to coincide with National Adoption Week Loughton is asking local authorities and voluntary adoption agencies to relax the emphasis on finding the "perfect match" for children, saying ethnicity should not be a barrier to adoption.
The most recent statistics for 2009/10 show that the number of children placed for adoption fell by 15 per cent and that more children are waiting longer to be adopted.
Loughton said: "I know that matching children for adoption is a complex and sensitive process, but in some cases there is too great an emphasis on finding the perfect match. Ethnicity should not be a barrier to adoption if there are loving, stable and secure families ready and waiting to adopt children."
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