Ms Catherine Bond:

I can attest only to my experience of foster carers. Mr. Nolan, a foster carer who is present today, might speak about this. I can attest only to my experience of those with foster children in their care, which I note regularly in IFCA. IFCA's annual conference, which will be at the beginning of November, is an opportunity for everybody, including the foster-care families, children and birth families, to get together. Personally, I have never heard any foster carer speak in a derogatory manner to any foster child. That is my experience.