The draft Children (Contact) and Adoption Bill, which was published last week by the Department for Education and Skills, contains provisions about intercountry adoption. The provisions are intended to provide a transparent framework for the process by which adoptions may be suspended from countries where there are concerns about child welfare; for example, where there is evidence of child trafficking.
Gill Haworth, director of the Overseas Adoption Agency, said the structures were designed to "minimise risk".
The calls follow the temporary suspension of overseas adoptions of Cambodian children by UK residents last year after concerns were raised that children were being adopted without proper consent from their birth parents and that some of the individuals involved were making "improper financial gain".
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