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Childcare Bill 2005-06

Debate on bills and Committee proceeding on Wednesday, 19 April 2006, in the House of Lords.
Childcare Bill. Lords Committee stage first day. Grand Committee off the floor of the House (Moses Room). Clauses 1 to 5 agreed to. Clause under consideration.

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Reference

680 c475-540GC 

Session

2005-06

Department

Committee of the Whole House (HL)

Legislative stage

Committee stage

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords Grand Committee

Related items

Childcare Bill. Brought from Commons. Explanatory notes HL Bill 85-EN also published
Thursday, 9 March 2006
Bills
House of Lords

Proceeding contributions

Baroness Morris of Bolton | 680 c481-3GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 2:"Page 1, line 15, at end insert—" ““( ) their relationship with their parent...
Lord Adonis | 680 c477-80GC (Link to this contribution) First, I join the noble Baroness in welcoming the fact that none of us had any contact with the DfES...

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Lord Adonis | 680 c532-9GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Earl and to other Members of the Committee for raising important issues s...
Viscount Simon | 680 c526GC (Link to this contribution) We will suspend the proceedings and resume in 10 minutes. [The Sitting was suspended for a Division...
Baroness Walmsley | 680 c510GC (Link to this contribution) If there is no module in PGCE training about child development, that is a great pity. There certainl...
Baroness Walmsley | 680 c497GC (Link to this contribution) May I ask the Minister a question in that respect? How long will the foundation stage profile have b...
Baroness Walmsley | 680 c494GC (Link to this contribution) I have, indeed, added my name to Amendments Nos. 3 and 5 and I am pleased that at last I can support...
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 680 c502-3GC (Link to this contribution) As always, the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley, speaks with great authority on these issues. I do not ...
Earl of Listowel | 680 c486GC (Link to this contribution) That is clearly the case, and we are worried about children going to school without the ability to s...
Earl of Listowel | 680 c490-1GC (Link to this contribution) I hope that the noble Baroness will forgive me for pressing this point. I am grateful to her for mak...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 680 c484-5GC (Link to this contribution) The noble Baroness, Lady Morris of Bolton, has raised an important issue. I quite see that there are...
Baroness Walmsley | 680 c477GC (Link to this contribution) Although I would certainly agree with the noble Baroness, Lady Morris of Bolton, that childcare shou...
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 680 c539-40GC (Link to this contribution) I endorse what the noble Baroness, Lady Howarth, said on that final point; it is very important to b...
Baroness Howarth of Breckland | 680 c539GC (Link to this contribution) I have one question about affordability in relation to the document Childcare Bill: Duty to Secure S...
Earl of Listowel | 680 c532GC (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may make a point that I omitted regarding quality. The sector is highly dependent on priva...
Baroness Massey of Darwen | 680 c511-2GC (Link to this contribution) I have a lot of sympathy with this amendment. It is a great and unusual pleasure for me to be sittin...
Baroness Howarth of Breckland | 680 c508-9GC (Link to this contribution) I did not want to leave it on the record that everyone who was an inspector needed an early-years qu...
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 680 c509GC (Link to this contribution) I support what the noble Baroness, Lady Howarth, said. I too would be concerned if people who had wo...
Baroness Walmsley | 680 c509GC (Link to this contribution) I think that I can put both noble Baronesses’ concerns to rest. I recall that Ofsted told me that wh...
Lord Adonis | 680 c508GC (Link to this contribution) Before the noble Baroness withdraws her amendment, one of the great beauties of Hansard is that one ...
Baroness Howarth of Breckland | 680 c513GC (Link to this contribution) I simply say that think this is not easy, although we could pretend that it is. If you are looking a...
Lord Adonis | 680 c497GC (Link to this contribution) I believe that we have now had two years of full results from the foundation stage, and of course we...
Baroness Crawley | 680 c491GC (Link to this contribution) Well, it is never enough. The noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley, and her fellow Liberal Democrats are al...
Earl of Listowel | 680 c506GC (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may ask the Minister about inspection of early years childcare, which I hope is relevant t...
Baroness Walmsley | 680 c507-8GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his response and the noble Earl, Lord Listowel, for making a point that I s...
Baroness Massey of Darwen | 680 c485-6GC (Link to this contribution) May I make a comment here? I did not mean to intervene on this particular amendment, but the researc...
Baroness Crawley | 680 c486-90GC (Link to this contribution) We have had a very interesting discussion on this point. I am sure that noble Lords will agree that ...
Baroness Crawley | 680 c491GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Earl, Lord Listowel. We should never be complacent, and while the Bill is about ca...
Baroness Howarth of Breckland | 680 c484GC (Link to this contribution) The amendment provides an opportunity for me to make an intervention that I did not know how to make...
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 680 c475-7GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 1:"Page 1, line 7, leave out ““reduce inequalities between”” and insert ““show h...
Baroness Thomas of Walliswood | 680 c475GC (Link to this contribution) I remind Members of the Committee that if there is a Division in the Chamber while we are sitting, t...
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 680 c481GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his reply and I thank the noble Earl, Lord Listowel, for giving a wonderful...
Lord Adonis | 680 c539GC (Link to this contribution) I assure the noble Baroness that the phrase does not mean that and we are not looking in any way for...
Earl of Listowel | 680 c540GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister most sincerely for his painstaking and careful responses to this group of amend...
Earl of Listowel | 680 c522-6GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 11:"Page 4, line 7, at beginning insert ““The Secretary of State may require tha...
Lord Adonis | 680 c521-2GC (Link to this contribution) I am very happy to be probed on this issue. Clause 5 needs to be read in conjunction with Clause105,...
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 680 c522GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his detailed and thoughtful response. I understand that the power would be ...
Baroness Howarth of Breckland | 680 c532GC (Link to this contribution) I hope that we debate these matters on the facts. The facts given by the noble Baroness, Lady Morris...
Earl of Listowel | 680 c509-10GC (Link to this contribution) Before the noble Baroness withdraws her amendment, may I take this opportunity to highlight another ...
Lord Adonis | 680 c509GC (Link to this contribution) With regard to the range of experience inspectors have, my advisers tell me that many inspectors hav...
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 680 c517-8GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 9:"Page 3, line 23, after ““with”” insert ““and promote co-operation between””" ...
Baroness Crawley | 680 c518-20GC (Link to this contribution) As the noble Baroness, Lady Morris, said, the amendment proposes replicating the wording about partn...
Baroness Walmsley | 680 c517GC (Link to this contribution) Hear, hear! I thank the Minister for his response and all Members of the Committee who have commente...
Lord Adonis | 680 c514-6GC (Link to this contribution) I thank all Members of the Committee for their contributions to what has been a very thoughtful and ...
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 680 c512-3GC (Link to this contribution) If this Bill is to work, it is vital that as many stakeholders as possible are part of the process. ...
Lord Adonis | 680 c498-500GC (Link to this contribution) I do not fully understand the noble Earl’s concern. It is precisely for that reason that the investm...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 680 c500GC (Link to this contribution) Can the Minister be a bit more specific about those powers, which sound pretty draconian? There may ...
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 680 c491-2GC (Link to this contribution) I thank all Members of the Committee who have taken part in what, for two little amendments, has bee...
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 680 c492-4GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 3:"Page 1, line 16, leave out ““set targets for”” and insert ““establish procedu...
Lord Adonis | 680 c507GC (Link to this contribution) I will look into precisely the issue that the noble Earl raises and write to him about it.
Lord Adonis | 680 c500GC (Link to this contribution) I can assure the noble Baroness that I am not saying that. The powers to intervene are proportionate...
Lord Adonis | 680 c503-6GC (Link to this contribution) I hope that when the noble Baroness looks at the foundation stage profile, she will be persuaded tha...
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 680 c500GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his thorough answer. I can feel a whole debate coming on about localism and...
Earl of Listowel | 680 c485GC (Link to this contribution) I listened with great interest to what the noble Baroness, Lady Morris, said on her first amendment ...
Baroness Walmsley | 680 c491GC (Link to this contribution) I am sorry to interrupt the noble Baroness, but is she aware that that is only £500 per member of th...
Baroness Walmsley | 680 c483-4GC (Link to this contribution) The Easter holidays have clearly done the noble Baroness, Lady Morris, a great deal of good, despite...
Earl of Listowel | 680 c480-1GC (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may briefly intervene. What the Minister is saying puts me in mind of a recent conversatio...
Baroness Crawley | 680 c540GC (Link to this contribution) This may be a convenient moment for the Committee to adjourn.
Viscount Simon | 680 c540GC (Link to this contribution) The Committee stands adjourned until Wednesday 26 April at 3.45 pm.
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 680 c520-1GC (Link to this contribution) The Explanatory Notes explain that Clause 5,"““allows the Secretary of State to alter, by order, the...
Baroness Walmsley | 680 c530-2GC (Link to this contribution) I shall speak to Amendments Nos. 28 and 48, which are in my name. This debate is all about getting t...
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 680 c527-30GC (Link to this contribution) I rise to speak to Amendments Nos. 12, 58 and 60 in this group, which stand in my name, and to comme...
Earl of Listowel | 680 c526-7GC (Link to this contribution) I shall start with Amendment No. 31 in this grouping, which states:"““In discharging their duty unde...
Baroness Walmsley | 680 c510-1GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 8:"Page 3, line 10, at end insert ““, and" ( ) young children”” The noble Bar...
Baroness Walmsley | 680 c508GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for that. I regret that I do not actually have in my hand the notes I made of t...
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 680 c520GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for her full reply. Someone once said—I cannot remember who; perhaps I should h...
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 680 c516-7GC (Link to this contribution) Something that the noble Earl has just said reminded me that yesterday the noble Baroness, Lady Mass...
Earl of Listowel | 680 c516GC (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may intervene briefly. I have been listening to the debate with great pleasure. I was thin...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 680 c513-4GC (Link to this contribution) I join in and endorse what everyone has said on this. I also thank the Minister and his whole team f...
Lord Adonis | 680 c494-7GC (Link to this contribution) Our justification for the target-setting power that we are taking is precisely to complement and to ...
Earl of Listowel | 680 c497-8GC (Link to this contribution) A couple of matters have been raised in the debate on these amendments. First, I read with interest ...
Earl of Listowel | 680 c507GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his reply. Birth to three matters, which is the guidance that precedes and ...
Lord Adonis | 680 c506-7GC (Link to this contribution) I am advised that early years inspections normally last for at least one day in a setting, which, I ...
Baroness Walmsley | 680 c500-2GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 7:"Page 2, line 8, at end insert—" ““( ) In exercising their functions, an Eng...

Subjects

Childcare
Age
Childminding
Employment
Equality
Finance
Families
Inspections
Local government
Qualifications
Low incomes
Parents
Pre-school education
Local government services
Quality control
Staff
Nurseries
Standards
Training
Sure Start programme

Legislation

Childcare Bill 2005-06

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