APPENDIX 2: LIST OF WITNESSES
Evidence is published online at http://www.parliament.uk/hladoption
and available for inspection at the Parliamentary Archives (020
7219 5314).
Evidence received by the Committee is listed below
in chronological order of oral evidence session and in alphabetical
order. Those witnesses with * gave both oral evidence and written
evidence. Those with ** gave oral evidence and did not submit
any written evidence. All other witnesses submitted written evidence
only.
Oral evidence in chronological order
* QQ 1-79 Department for Education
* QQ 80-107 British Association for
Adoption and Fostering
(BAAF)
* QQ 108-155 PAC
* QQ 156-186 Coram
* QQ 187-233 Barnardo's
* QQ 234-274 Children and Family Court
Advisory and Support
Service (Cafcass)
** QQ 275-308 London Borough of Hillingdon
* London Borough of Hackney
** Bournemouth Borough Council
* QQ 309-353 Sir Martin Narey,
Ministerial Adviser on Adoption
* QQ 354-382 Consortium of Voluntary
Adoption Agencies (CVAA)
** QQ 383-411 Professor Eileen
Munro CBE
* QQ 412-436 Intercountry Adoption Centre
* QQ 437-459 After Adoption
* QQ 460-500 Ofsted
** QQ 501-534 Mark Rogers, Chief Executive,
Solihull Metropolitan
Borough Council and Children's Lead for the
Society
of Local Authority Chief Executives (SOLACE)
** QQ 536-547 Office of the Children's
Commissioner
* QQ 548-566 Association of Directors
of Children's Services
(ADCS)
** QQ 567-588 Tim Loughton MP
* QQ 589-621 British Association of
Social Workers (BASW)
** College of Social Work
** QQ 622-667 Association of Lawyers
for Children
** Family Law Bar Association
* QQ 668-693 Family Rights Group
** Grandparents Plus
* The Who Cares? Trust
** QQ 694-717 District Judge Nicholas
Crichton
* QQ 718-769 Dr Julie Selwyn, University
of Bristol
** Professor Nina Biehal,
University of York
* Professor June Thoburn,
University of East Anglia,
Norwich
** QQ 770-804 Lord Justice McFarlane,
Mr Justice Ryder,
Her Honour Judge Hindley, and Her Honour Judge
Swindells.
** QQ 805-830 Edward Timpson MP,
Minister for Children and
Families, Department for Education
* QQ 831-848 National Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to
Children (NSPCC)
Alphabetical list of all witnesses
Action for Children
Adopt UK Child Director Ms Azra Jabbar
Adopt West Mids (West Midlands Adoption Consortium)
Adoption Focus
* Adoption Matters Northwest
Adoptionplus
* After Adoption (QQ 437-459)
Alliance for Child-Centred Care
* Association of Directors of Children's Services
(ADCS) (QQ 548-566)
** Association of Lawyers for Children (QQ 622-667)
Professor Ravinder Barn (Royal Holloway,
University of London) and
Dr Derek Kirton (University of Kent)
* Barnardo's (QQ 187-233)
Stephen Bashford
Florence Bellone
Pete Bentley
** Professor Nina Biehal, Social Policy
Research Unit, University of York
(QQ 718-769)
Birmingham City Council's Adoption Service
Amanda Boorman
** Bournemouth Borough Council (QQ 275-308)
Bradford Metropolitan District Council
* British Association for Adoption and Fostering
(BAAF) (QQ 80-107)
* British Association of Social Workers (BASW)
(QQ 589-621)
Roger Bullock
* Children and Family Court Advisory and Support
Service (CAFCASS) (QQ 234-274)
Cambridgeshire County Council
Jim Clifford
** College of Social Work
* Consortium of Voluntary Adoption Agencies (CVAA)
(QQ 354-382)
** Office of the Children's Commissioner
* Coram (QQ 156-186)
** District Judge Nicholas Crichton (QQ 694-717)
* Department for Education (QQ1-79)
Evangelical Alliance and Care for the Family
** Family Law Bar Association (QQ 622-667)
Family Justice Council
* Family Rights Group (QQ 668-693)
Fostering Network
Charles Geekie QC
** Grandparents Plus (QQ 668-693)
** Her Honour Judge Hindley (QQ 770-804)
Collette Anne Ibbotson, Director of Yorkshire
Adoption Agency
* Intercountry Adoption Centre (QQ 412-436)
Interdisciplinary Alliance for Children
Justice for Families
Six independent Chairpersons of Adoption Panels,
in Kent
Kinship Care Alliance
Dr Derek Kirton (University of Kent) and Professor Ravinder
Barn (Royal
Holloway, University of London)
* Local Government Association
* London Borough of Hackney (QQ 275-308)
** London Borough of Hillingdon (QQ 275-308)
** Tim Loughton MP (QQ 567-588)
Professor N V Lowe, Professor of Law,
Head of Cardiff Law School
Jan Loxley Blount TCert, Dip Child Development
** Lord Justice McFarlane (QQ 770-804)
** Professor Eileen Munro CBE (QQ 383-411)
Nagalro
* Sir Martin Narey, Ministerial Adviser
on Adoption (QQ 309-353)
National Adoption and Fostering Service, South
London and Maudsley (SLAM)
National IRO Managers Group
* National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Children (NSPCC)
(QQ 831-848)
NORCAP
Helen Oakwater
** Office of the Children's Commissioner (QQ
536-547)
* Ofsted (QQ 460-500)
* PAC (QQ 108-155)
Parents Against Injustice (P.A.I.N.)
Race Equality Foundation
Resolution
** Mark Rogers, Chief Executive, Solihull Metropolitan
Borough Council and
Children's Lead for the Society of Local Authority Chief
Executives
(SOLACE) (QQ 501-534)
Councillor Rosalyn St Pierre
** Mr Justice Ryder (QQ 770-804)
* Dr Julie Selwyn, Director of the Hadley
Centre for Adoption and Foster
Care Studies, University of Bristol (QQ 718-769)
South East Post Adoption Network (SEPAN)
Stonewall
Sally Stoker, Head of Adoption, Suffolk Adoption
Agency
** Her Honour Judge Swindells (QQ 770-804)
TACT (The Adolescent and Children's Trust)
Specialist Fostering, Adoption and Kinship Care
Service, Tavistock and
Portman NHS Foundation Trust
* The Who Cares? Trust (QQ 668-693)
* Professor June Thoburn, Emeritus Professor of
Social Work, Centre for
Research on the Child and Family, University of East Anglia, Norwich
(QQ 718-769)
** Edward Timpson MP, Minister for Children
and Families, Department for
Education (QQ 805-830)
Tri-borough Adoption and Fostering Service (London
Borough of
Hammersmith and Fulham; Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea,
Westminster City Council)
Paul Twyman
Alex Verdan QC
Warwickshire County Council
Warrington, Wigan and St Helens Councils (WWISH)
shared Adoption
Service
Welsh Government
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