Lisa Smart MP leads a debate on creating a level playing field for self-employed adopters, so that they get the same adoption pay and leave as people who are employed as staff.
Lisa Smart MP pushes for explicit support for self-employed adopters, who are currently ineligible for adoptions pay.
The Government needs to address the cliff edge of the Special Guardianship Support Fund, with adoptive parents looking after some of the country's most vulnerable children needing certainty. That's why I challenged the Minister in Parliament this week.
The need for Fair Adoption Pay has been championed again by Liberal Democrat MP Lisa Smart, who raised the cause in a recent House of Commons Debate.
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Federal Policy Committee met for the first time following the committee elections.