Minister welcomes care order on internet babies

The First Minister of the Welsh Assembly welcomes the move to take the internet adoption twins into temporary care.

Rhodri Morgan says the children would be properly looked after because they would be placed with suitable temporary foster parents.

Mr Morgan also called on the media to back off and allow the case to proceed away from the public eye.

But he commended The Sun newspaper for its actions in first uncovering the case.

Mr Morgan stressed that the responsibility of the twins' welfare rested with Flintshire Social Services, rather than the Assembly.

"I believe now that the welfare of the children will be properly looked after, because they will be placed with temporary foster parents from Flintshire's list of suitable foster parents," he told the BBC.

"Then, any legal concerns about where they really ought to be and whether they ought to be returned to the natural mother, the other prospective adopters or whether the Kilshaws are suitable adopters as per our standards that we expect in this country can all be resolved in the courts."

Mr Morgan, says the transatlantic adoption scandal should force tighter controls on the internet. The North Wales couple at the centre of the issue last night watched their adopted twins be taken away by social workers.

Mr Morgan told the BBC that he believes the adoption of children over the internet needs to be given special protection.

He also had a message for the media: "They have done their job, it is now the job of Flintshire Social Services. I am asking the tabloids and the TV to back off."