HC Deb 25 February 2003 vol 400 c508W
Tim Loughton

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions he has had with social services authorities in(a) Nigeria, (b) Sierra Leone and (c) the Ivory Coast about the dangers to children coming to the UK to live without their parents. [96111]

Jacqui Smith

None. However, as part of a recent Department of Health review of private fostering, officials from the Department have had discussions with organisations in this country with direct links to communities in West Africa, including the African Women's Welfare Association.