Adoption: better choices for our children
The report of the Adoption Policy Review Group makes 107 recommendations to improve the legal framework for adoption and permanence.
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ADOPTION POLICY REVIEW GROUP
Members of the Group for Phase II
Sheriff Principal Graham Cox, Chair
Penny Simpson, Chair
Elizabeth Cuschieri
Harriet Dempster
Martin Donachy
John Fardell
Mary Gibbons
Sheriff Peter Gillam
George Gould
Barbara Hudson
Sheriff Elizabeth Jarvie
Evelyn Laing
Andrew Mackie
Elizabeth McFarlane
Kate Ramsden
Bryan Ritchie
Frances Roberts
Janys Scott
Christine Urquhart
Sally Wassell
Michael Whittaker
Lexy Plumtree, Independent Legal Adviser to the Group
Peter Selman, Research Adviser to the Group, University of Newcastle
Kathy Mason, Research Adviser to the Group, University of Newcastle
Scottish Executive Education Department:
Gerald Byrne
Susan Neilands
John McCutcheon
Robert Girvan
Simon Cuthbert-Kerr
Contents
Letter from the Chair to the Minister for Education and Young People
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Permanence, Principles and Consultation
Chapter 3 Adoption
Chapter 4 Contact and Conditions in Orders for Permanence
Chapter 5 Permanence Order
Chapter 6 Support for Adoption
Chapter 7 Improving Court Procedures and Avoiding Delays
Chapter 8 Curators, Reporting Officers and Safeguarders
Chapter 9 Role of the Children's Hearing in Permanence Cases
Chapter 10 Fostering Issues
Chapter 11 Procedures within Local Authorities and Agencies
Chapter 12 Access to Information
Annexes
Annex A Consultation with Young People
Annex B Research on Same-sex Parenting
Annex C Research on Alternatives to Adoption
Annex D Proposed Changes to the Sheriff Court Rules
Annex E Lothian and Borders Practice Note
Annex F Forms for Children's Hearing
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