6., 7. & 8. The Adult Placement (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) Regulations 2019, The Regulated Advocacy Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) Regulations 2019 and The Regulated Fostering Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) Regulations 2019

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:56 pm on 29 January 2019.

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Photo of Julie Morgan Julie Morgan Labour 5:56, 29 January 2019

Thank you very much. And thank you very much to Helen Mary Jones for her contribution to the debate. She's absolutely right—the reason we use the words 'foster parent' is because that is the wording used in the legislation, and so that's why we have to use it in these regulations. But she makes a very important point, and, of course, for young people in particular, they do not see their foster carers as parents, as they have their own parents, and it's often very difficult for them to come to terms with that sort of language. So, I absolutely accept the point that she makes, and I think that is something that the Welsh Government would want to support at other times, when you use that expression. But here we can't do it because it is the legislation. So, with those comments I move the motions.