Where next for fostering children in care?

Videos of speakers filmed during the Westminster debate on the future of foster care on the 26th January 2010

Sarah Godden and the Leading Our Lives team speak about the importance
of supporting looked after children by providing high-quality foster care.

Annette Brooke MP talks about the need for foster carers to have
continued practical and financial support.

Iain Duncan Smith MP of the Centre for Social Justice calls for
government commitment to early intervention in order to improve the
lives of vulnerable children and relieve pressures on foster carers.

Eilis Lawlor of the New Economics Foundation argues that cuts to local
services are often a false economy.

Kim Bromley-Derry, president of the Association of Directors of
Children’s Services, speaks about the need for progress to improve
outcomes for looked-after children.

Robert Tapsfield, chief executive of the Fostering Network, speaks
about the future of foster care and the Together for Change campaign.