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We also propose to close a potential loophole by ensuring that the new paid advocacy provisions should apply in relation to future or expected interests as well.
It would be done partly through those groups and partly through our visits. Our visits will not involve going off to nice conferences in places such as Milan, but going to places such as Whitfield, Easterhouse and Pilton—although I do not know Edinburgh that well.
Consequently, birth parents do not have the ability to set in motion a process via professionals through which they would ultimately get news. An adopted adult who is contacted could decline to give further news.
I am aware of the work that is being done in East Lothian Council; indeed, I have visited schools in East Lothian that have taken some new and imaginative approaches and have made significant efforts to make social inclusion a reality.
We are getting just one side of the story. This is not a new situation, as I remember that 15 or 20 years ago there was a problem with getting replacements for wardens—it is not always easy to fill the posts.
Is there a danger that it becomes just the latest area of concern, in the same way that domestic abuse and problems with children have been treated in the past?
Last week, the Scottish Parliament passed the Housing (Scotland) Bill to provide a package of new and enhanced rights to people who are homeless or threatened with homelessness.