HL Deb 21 April 1971 vol 317 cc773-4WA
LORD GARDINER

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Which Minister is responsible for the state of the law of England and Wales on adoption.

LORD WINDLESHAM

Responsibility rests with my right honourable friend the Home Secretary. The question whether there should be any change in Ministerial responsibility will be considered after the report of the Departmental Committee on the Adoption of Children has been received.

House adjourned at seventeen minutes before ten o'clock.