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Government to apologise to victims of forced adoptions in England
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- Duncan Kennedy,Correspondentand Amy Walker PA Media.
- An estimated 185,000 babies were taken from mothers in the three decades after World War Two.
- Phillipson told the House of Commons Education Committee the government would apologise to all those affected, adding that the prime minister would have more to say on what she called a "shameful period".
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Duncan Kennedy,Correspondentand Amy Walker PA Media. The government is to apologise to victims of historical forced adoptions in England, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has said, following years of campaigning from mothers and adoptees.
An estimated 185,000 babies were taken from mothers in the three decades after World War Two. Thousands of the mothers were pressured into giving up babies for adoption because they were unmarried.
Phillipson told the House of Commons Education Committee the government would apologise to all those affected, adding that the prime minister would have more to say on what she called a "shameful period".
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