Ms Catherine Bond:

Many parents would attest to the fact that they find a note in the school bag when they are looking for something else and they discover that there is a school tour happening on the Friday. There is a dash to get the consent signed by the social worker, and the social worker might be in court for three days. They know the foster carer is looking for them and the foster carer continues to look for them but they are tied up doing other things. There can be the risk that the child does not get the consent and the child does not go on the school tour. That is not what we would want and that is the reason the enhanced rights for foster carers would be very important.