Monday 6 July, 2026
ITV’s This Morning – interview with Diana Defries and Professor Gordon Harold
Thursday 2nd July, 2026
The Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, gave a statement in Parliament apologising on behalf of the State for its role in historic forced adoption and related practices.
Official links and announcements:
Watch the apology and related questions and comments on Parliamentlive.tv, YouTube (recorded by ITV News), or on BBC iPlayer.
A transcript of the full Statement and debate is available on Hansard.
Accompanying written Ministerial statement:
House of Commons; House of Lords; view as a PDF.
The Department of Education and the Secretary of State, Bridget Phillipson issued a press release.
Statement from Helen Hayes, Chair of the Education Select Committee
Response from UK Government to the Education Select Committee’s report
Television and radio coverage:
BBC Breakfast (with Zara Phillips) (2 July, 2026) (YouTube)
ITV News at Ten (2 July, 2026)
ITV News Report (Sarah Corker – 2 July, 2026)
ITV – The national scandal that forced Keir Starmer to make official apology (30 minute documentary piece)
BBC South East Today – Helen Weston and Nikki Paine
BBC Reporting Scotland – Tracy Gilbert MP and Marion Scott
BBC Radio Newscastle – feat. Carmen Curran
Press coverage (alphabetical order):
BBC News (BBC website)
Guardian –
Report by Jessica Murray
Interviews with campaigners (Jessica Murray)
Opinion (David Batty)
Independent (Kate Devlin)
Metro (Craig Munro)
Mirror (Sophie Huskisson)
