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Conservative MP Jacqui Lait this week launched a bill designed to protect children who may fall victim to their own families' greed. She said the move was sparked by high profile cases such as the faked kidnap of Shannon Mathews and the furore surrounding the 13-year-old boy who was said to have fathered a child. "These two cases have in common the misguided desire of a self-interested adult memb…