According to BAAF, Manchester City Council has approved six same sex couples for adoption and three for fostering in the past two years. Mo O’Reilly, director of child placement services at BAAF, said: “In 2006 there were only 42 same sex couples referred to the Adoption Register for England and Wales. The fact that Manchester has approved nine couples for fostering and adoption in two years is therefore quite staggering. It’s really encouraging to see such great...