| The Department for Education are consulting on draft legislation on ethnicity and “fostering for adoption”. The two draft clauses up for discussion place a duty on local authorities to give preference to “Fostering for Adoption” placements and remove the express duty on adoption agencies to give due consideration to religion, race, culture and language when matching children with prospective adopters. The deadline for submissions is 30 November 2012. |
| Source: Department for Education |
| Further information: Draft legislation on Adoption: Early Permanence through ‘Fostering for Adoption’ and Matching for Adoption. (PDF) |
