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Childcare Bill

Debate on bills and Committee proceeding on Wednesday, 26 April 2006, in the House of Lords.
Childcare Bill. Lords Committee stage second day. Grand Committee off the floor of the House (Moses room). Clauses 6-11 agreed to.

About these Parliamentary proceedings

Reference

681 c101-58GC 

Session

2005-06

Department

Department for Education and Skills

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 | 681 c121-2GC (Link to this contribution) I shall speak very briefly in support of the Question tabled by the noble Earl, Lord Listowel, on wh...
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 681 c101-2GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 14:"Page 4, line 8, after ““sufficient”” insert ““and is likely to remain suffic...

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Lord Northbourne | 681 c143-4GC (Link to this contribution) On that point, the reason why I raised different kinds of care that are needed during the period fro...
Earl of Listowel | 681 c156GC (Link to this contribution) This debate emphasised to me the heavy responsibility we are placing on local authorities to manage ...
Lord Adonis | 681 c151-5GC (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord will forgive me; I am coming to schools in a moment. There is a separate consultation...
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 681 c158GC (Link to this contribution) I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. [Amendments Nos. 37 to 39 n...
Lord Adonis | 681 c131-2GC (Link to this contribution) I am very glad that we got to this important issue in time for the noble Lord, Lord Rix, to fulfil h...
Lord Carter | 681 c129-30GC (Link to this contribution) I was pleased to add my name to this amendment, and I add my thanks to those of the noble Lord, Lord...
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 681 c132-4GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 34A:"Page 5, line 6, at end insert—" ““( ) Regulations under this section must...
Earl of Listowel | 681 c137-8GC (Link to this contribution) Amendments Nos. 43, 44 and 45 are my amendments in this group. Amendment No. 43 ensures that there i...
Earl of Listowel | 681 c122GC (Link to this contribution) Before the Minister responds, I make it absolutely clear that I informed the Minister that I would n...
Earl of Listowel | 681 c119GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his helpful reply. I shall reflect on what he said. I also thank him for hi...
Lord Adonis | 681 c115-9GC (Link to this contribution) I warmly commend the noble Baroness, Lady Howe, for wanting to bring much more informality into our ...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 681 c114GC (Link to this contribution) I support all these amendments. Clearly, it is important that parents are seen to have the main resp...
Earl of Listowel | 681 c111-2GC (Link to this contribution) I shall speak to Amendments Nos. 17 and 23. I have great sympathy with what the noble Baroness, Lady...
Lord Tordoff | 681 c110-1GC (Link to this contribution) Perhaps it would be appropriate at this stage, since Amendment No. 17 is in this group, for me to sa...
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 681 c109GC (Link to this contribution) I believe that one of my honourable friends in another place said that the Bill could be renamed the...
Baroness Walmsley | 681 c107-8GC (Link to this contribution) Perhaps before the noble Baroness, Lady Morris, replies, I might be allowed to put in my five pennie...
Baroness Crawley | 681 c104-7GC (Link to this contribution) I thank noble Lords for their contributions to this short but important debate. I hope that I will b...
Baroness Crawley | 681 c139-43GC (Link to this contribution) I thank noble Lords for their contributions to this small but very interesting debate. Clause 11 r...
Baroness Crawley | 681 c144GC (Link to this contribution) While I very much agree with the noble Baroness about that kind of universal recognition of the term...
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 681 c144GC (Link to this contribution) The noble Baroness very kindly answered one of my questions, but I asked a number of others. The nob...
Baroness Walmsley | 681 c145-6GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for her response. I also thank all Members of the Committee who have taken part...
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 681 c146-8GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 36:"Page 5, line 24, at end insert—" ““( ) A local authority must establish a ...
Baroness Howarth of Breckland | 681 c150GC (Link to this contribution) I support the amendment that enables providers to have a right of appeal. I looked through the Bill ...
Lord Northbourne | 681 c149-50GC (Link to this contribution) I support Amendment No. 39. My mind goes back to the time when schools set up pre-classes for four y...
Lord Adonis | 681 c151GC (Link to this contribution) I was talking about both. Both types of location would be suitable for private, voluntary and indepe...
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 681 c151GC (Link to this contribution) I appreciate the Minister giving way. I missed the first bit: was he just talking about children’s c...
Lord Adonis | 681 c155GC (Link to this contribution) I was just finishing as the bell rang. I assume that the Committee will not wish me to rehearse all ...
Baroness Fookes | 681 c158GC (Link to this contribution) The Committee stands adjourned until Thursday 4 May at 2 pm.
Lord Rix | 681 c127-9GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 34:"Page 4, line 33, leave out ““16”” and insert ““18””" The noble Lord said: A...
Lord Adonis | 681 c135GC (Link to this contribution) I can happily give the noble Baroness a categorical assurance that those concerns will not be realis...
Lord Rix | 681 c132GC (Link to this contribution) I thank all Members of the Committee who have spoken in support of this amendment, and also for bein...
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 681 c138-9GC (Link to this contribution) The amendments tabled by the noble Earl, Lord Listowel, highlight the need for adequate expertise in...
Lord Northbourne | 681 c139GC (Link to this contribution) I have one question for the Minister to clarify. The word ““childcare”” in this context is extremely...
Lord Adonis | 681 c123-4GC (Link to this contribution) I am very grateful to the noble Earl for giving me an opportunity to talk about funding. I entirely ...
Baroness Walmsley | 681 c119-20GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his response and all those who have taken part in this very interesting, wi...
Baroness Massey of Darwen | 681 c114-5GC (Link to this contribution) I shall follow up what the noble Baroness said about playgroups and shall comment on Amendment No. 2...
Lord Northbourne | 681 c113-4GC (Link to this contribution) I support my noble friend Lord Listowel’s Amendment No. 17. There is a danger that we are demotivati...
Baroness Walmsley | 681 c109-10GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 15:"Page 4, line 9, leave out ““parents”” and insert ““families””" The noble Ba...
Lord Tordoff | 681 c101GC (Link to this contribution) I give the usual admonitions before we begin: please turn off your mobile phones. If there is a Divi...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 681 c102-3GC (Link to this contribution) I support Amendment No. 14 and shall speak to Amendment No. 30, which would ensure that the Governme...
Earl of Listowel | 681 c103GC (Link to this contribution) I shall not speak to my amendment, but will support Amendment No. 41, tabled by the noble Baroness, ...
Earl of Listowel | 681 c108GC (Link to this contribution) May I make a point before the noble Baroness, Lady Morris, concludes this debate? I thank the noble ...
Baroness Fookes | 681 c155GC (Link to this contribution) There is a Division in the Chamber. The Committee stands adjourned for 10 minutes. [The Sitting was...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 681 c155-6GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for his explanation on these amendments. So far as the amendments to w...
Baroness Crawley | 681 c158GC (Link to this contribution) This may be a convenient moment for the Committee to adjourn.
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 681 c126GC (Link to this contribution) If we really are committed to helping the most disadvantaged and vulnerable children in order to pul...
Baroness Walmsley | 681 c127GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his response, which has given me considerable comfort. One often likes to s...
Baroness Walmsley | 681 c124-6GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 26:"Page 4, line 16, leave out paragraph (a) and insert—" ““(   )   must have ...
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 681 c129GC (Link to this contribution) I am pleased to support the amendment moved by the noble Lord, Lord Rix, to which my name is added. ...
Baroness Walmsley | 681 c130GC (Link to this contribution) We strongly support the amendment moved by the noble Lord, Lord Rix. I apologise to him that I did n...
Baroness Howarth of Breckland | 681 c130-1GC (Link to this contribution) I, too, support my noble friend Lord Rix, and would not wish to repeat the cogent arguments that he ...
Lord Adonis | 681 c135GC (Link to this contribution) I thought that the noble Baroness made some perfectly sensible points, which I hoped that I could me...
Baroness Howarth of Breckland | 681 c122-3GC (Link to this contribution) I am not sure whether that is shutting me up or whether I have the opportunity to say two brief thin...
Earl of Listowel | 681 c124GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his helpful response. I look forward to hearing from him on that final poin...
Earl of Listowel | 681 c120-1GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 16:"Page 4, line 9, leave out from ““area”” to end of line 13 and insert ““for t...
Lord Northbourne | 681 c122GC (Link to this contribution) I absolutely agree with everything that the noble Baroness has said, but it ain’t just a question of...
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 681 c119GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his response to my amendments. I am greatly encouraged by it.
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 681 c112-3GC (Link to this contribution) I should like to speak to Amendments Nos. 20 and 61, in my name, to support Amendment No. 17, in the...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 681 c108-9GC (Link to this contribution) Before the noble Baroness, Lady Morris, replies, I thank the Minister for her response to the amendm...
Baroness Howarth of Breckland | 681 c103-4GC (Link to this contribution) I support the ethos of Amendments Nos. 14 and 30. We will listen to the Minister’s response as regar...
Baroness Howarth of Breckland | 681 c144GC (Link to this contribution) I am not sure whether I am allowed to intervene at this stage; I lose track of the procedures. We ha...
Lord Northbourne | 681 c144GC (Link to this contribution) The point that I was making was that there are at the moment many teachers dealing with that age gro...
Earl of Listowel | 681 c144-5GC (Link to this contribution) Graduate-level participants in early years settings constitute a very welcome development. There is ...
Baroness Walmsley | 681 c146GC (Link to this contribution) Absolutely. The Minister mentioned price and the way in which the local authority will decide whethe...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 681 c148-9GC (Link to this contribution) I would like to speak to Amendments Nos. 37, 38 and 40, which are in my name and that of my noble fr...
Baroness Walmsley | 681 c146GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister very much indeed. On the basis of those replies, I beg leave to withdraw the am...
Lord Adonis | 681 c150-1GC (Link to this contribution) A range of concerns have been raised in this group of amendments and we have had a good and useful d...
Earl of Listowel | 681 c150GC (Link to this contribution) I understand that in Oxfordshire there is an obligation on new providers to conduct market research ...
Lord Adonis | 681 c156GC (Link to this contribution) I will happily do that. I notice that the two professors who have been quoted in this debate take di...
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 681 c156-7GC (Link to this contribution) I think I will take the views of my professor any day. There have been no weak answers from the Min...
Lord Adonis | 681 c157-8GC (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may write to the noble Baroness about the precise arrangements. As I understand it, those ...
Lord Northbourne | 681 c151GC (Link to this contribution) As the Minister has already been interrupted, may I ask a question? When he says that the local auth...
Lord Adonis | 681 c126-7GC (Link to this contribution) I am in the embarrassing situation of the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley, having given my reply to th...
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 681 c135-6GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his reply. The people who briefed us are fully aware of the code of practic...
Baroness Walmsley | 681 c136-7GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 35:"Page 5, line 8, at end insert—" ““( ) The Secretary of State must provide ...

Subjects

Access
Disability
Assessments
Codes of practice
Childcare
Admissions
Disadvantaged
Age
Concessions
Employment
Fees and charges
Families
Eligibility
Ethnic groups
Local government
Private sector
Qualifications
Low incomes
Parents
Pre-school education
Powers
Local government services
Minority groups
Nurseries
Schools
Voluntary organisations
Training
Sure Start programme

Legislation

Childcare Bill 2005-06

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