So when Stylist invited me to interview David Cameron, prime minister at the time, for the Made By You 100th issue in 2011, I felt determined to get answers. In 2010, only 3,050 children were adopted from care, down 20% in five years. “It is something we are failing at in this country,” Cameron agreed.

“I want to sort that out.” He was frank in his criticism of the lengthy bureaucratic and invasive adoption process, and helped widen my understanding of the complex issues that affect vulnerable children. Most of all, the experience made me and my husband Andy determined to adopt. Six months later, we brought our one-year-old daughter Emma* home, and after another nine months we legally became her parents.

“How David Cameron prepared me for parenthood”