Jade Greyson was a member of the panel who convened to advise Steve and Becky McDonald if their application to be adoption parents had been successful. On the day of the hearing, social worker Dawn Coghill told the McDonalds that the panel was running late as Jade had encountered child care problems that morning. Becky was highly nervous and sneaked outside where she saw a woman having a cigarette while she made a phone call. Becky, desperately trying to give up smoking but craving nicotine begged a cigarette off the woman which she duly obliged with. When they were called into the panel and introduced by chairman Ian Mackintosh, Becky was horrified to see that Jade was a member.