Adoption and Children Act 2002
Official version from the UK government.
Adoption and Children Bill
The text of the Bill as amended on Report on 23rd October 2002.
Commons Select Committee on the Adoption and Child
http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/select_committee_on_the_adoption___children_bill.c
Official record of all committee reports and press notices.
Commons: Adoption and Children Bill
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Hansard transcript. Programme and Lords amendments considered. Allow adoption by gay and unmarried couples: Ayes 344, Noes 145.
Commons: Adoption and Children Bill
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Hansard transcript. Programme, debate and votes. Consideration shall be secondary: Ayes 115, Noes 309. Allow adoption by unmarried couples: Ayes 288, Noes 133. Disclose protected information about adults: Ayes 127, Noes 252.
Lords: Adoption and Children Bill
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Hansard transcript. Debate and vote on Amendment 51 (banning unmarried and gay people from adopting as a couple). Contents, 196; Not-Contents, 162.
Lords: Adoption and Children Bill
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Hansard transcript. Official Report of the Grand Committee. July 11 2002.
Lords: Adoption and Children Bill
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Hansard transcript. Official Report of the Grand Committee. July 4 2002.
Lords: Adoption and Children Bill
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Hansard transcript. Second Reading debate resumed.
Lords: Adoption and Children Bill
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Commons amendments in lieu of certain Lords amendments and Commons amendments to Lords amendments and motions to be moved on consideration of Commons amendments. Amendment to insist upon the earlier Lords amendment: Contents, 184; Not-Contents, 215.