1  Letter from Rt Hon Paul Murphy MP, Secretary of State,

Wales Office to the Chairman  Ev 19

2  Letter from the Chairman to Rt Hon Paul Murphy MP,

Secretary of State, Wales Office  Ev 19

3  Welsh Affairs Committee Press Notice  Ev 19

4  The proposed Order  Ev 21

5  Welsh Assembly Government Explanatory Memorandum  Ev 28

6  Letter from Gwenda Thomas AM, Deputy Minister for Social Services,

Welsh Assembly Government  Ev 33

7  Memorandum submitted by the Children's Commissioner for Wales  Ev 34

8  Memorandum submitted by The Fostering Network Wales  Ev 35

9  Memorandum submitted by The Welsh Local Government Association  Ev 36

10  Memorandum submitted by Professor Keith Patchett, Special Adviser

to the Committee  Ev 37

11  Memorandum submitted by Anne Crowley, Special Adviser to the Committee  Ev 38

12  Supplementary memorandum submitted by the Children's Commissioner

  for Wales  Ev 39

13  Letter from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

  Wales Office, to the Chairman  Ev 39

14  Letter from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

  Wales Office, to the Chairman  Ev 40