Select committee: Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Recommendation 13
2nd Report - Human Rights of Children in the Social Care System in England
Published 27 Aug 2026
Addressed to Ministry of Justice
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Recommendation (the committee's words)
We have heard evidence about the considerable benefits of keeping children within family networks. We believe that the government must emphasise the importance of loving kinship arrangements and support them whenever possible. (Conclusion, Paragraph 82)
From: Human Rights (Joint Committee), 2nd Report - Human Rights of Children in the Social Care System in England (HC 161), 27 August 2026
Government response
No government response linked yet: deadline 27 October 2026, 5 days ago.