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As I read the concerns expressed in the Missing Persons written evidence, it is worried about the procedure that might have to be gone through, the cost of going to court and the technical requirements that might get in the way of ordinary folk just going along and getting somebody appointed.
That has taken slightly longer, but it is important that we get right the SBA process. If we do not get it right, that will stock up problems for the future.
I have heard that, for parents of young children, the ability to get support at home instead of having to organise their infant in order to get out the door for it might be the difference between their getting help and not getting help....