Biography
Baroness Sanderson of Welton has engaged with children's health and related welfare issues through two debate speeches on the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill. In her contributions, she advocated for legislative recognition of kinship care as an often-overlooked but beneficial arrangement for children, and highlighted the particular vulnerabilities and protection needs of children with disabilities, specifically referencing those with cerebral palsy. Her speeches emphasised both the importance of family-based care solutions and the specific safeguarding considerations required for disabled children.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…The only problem is that, very often, the potential kinship carers—for the reasons explained by my noble friend—do not have a clue about any of this. Why would they? I will give some examples of what this means in practice, and this is courtesy of the very good charity, Kinship.”
Record by topic
- Children's health131st of 1572.0
- Learning disability & autism756th of 8992.0
- Unpaid carers243rd of 2832.0
What they’ve said
“…Evidence gathered by the APPG for its report Best Practice in Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs), Teaching, and Learning for Children with Cerebral Palsy found that many parents of children with cerebral palsy lack confidence in their local authority’s ability to make suitable arrangements for their child.”
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill · 2025-05-22 · Read on Hansard ↗
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