§ Mr. ThurnhamTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information is currently being issued to prospective adopters of 321W Romanian children by the British embassy in Bucharest; if this advice is currently being revised following the Romanian Government's decision to permit foreign adoptions from 1 January 1992; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe Romanian adoption law, which came into effect on 17 July this year, continues to allow adoption of Romanian children by non-Romanians living abroad. The Department of Health has discussed the new adoption procedures with the Romanian authorities. Those seeking advice and assistance from the British embassy in Bucharest are told that all adoption applications will in future be processed through the Romanian Committee for Adoption; that though currently closed for reorganisation the committee will resume its work in early 1992; and that the Department of Health will in future act direct with the committee on behalf of prospective adopters.