Children and Families Bill
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2013-14Legislative stage
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Tuesday, 18 June 2013
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Proceeding contributions
With the leave of the Deputy Chairman of Committees, I hope it might be helpful to everyone takin...
My Lords, perhaps I might make a point, as a Cross-Bencher, about the amount of time that may be ...
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I thank the noble and learned Baroness for that comment. I will of course take it back to the usu...
Moved by
Baroness Hughes of Stretford
65: Clause 15, page 15, line 10, after “provisi...
My Lords, I will not dwell on this because it rehearses a theme that we spent a great length of t...
My Lords, I support the noble Baroness in this amendment. At his request, I will also speak to th...
My Lords, I know that David Norgrove was very concerned that judges spent quite a considerable ti...
My Lords, I am very grateful to all noble Lords who have contributed to this debate. The noble Ba...
I thank the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butler-Sloss, and the noble Baroness, Lady Howarth, ...
My Lords, with the leave of the Committee, I shall speak in place of the noble and learned Lord, ...
My Lords, one of the perils of being a Minister in this House is that the continuity that is one ...
My Lords, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Mackay of Clashfern, wanted this matter raised, but he...
Moved by
Lord Low of Dalston
65B: Clause 19, page 18, line 30, at end insert—
“...
My Lords, having laboured, not without difficulty, up the lower slopes of this major and compendi...
My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 67 and 68. The current test in the Bill for whether someone...
My Lords, I applaud what has just been said, as this pins down carefully and cleverly just what y...
My Lords, earlier in this debate, I referred the Grand Committee to my declaration in respect of ...
My Lords, I will be brief—I am sure that the Minister will be grateful for that—but I want to say...
My Lords, I speak in support of Amendment 223, to which my name is attached. I will be brief, bec...
My Lords, with the permission of the Grand Committee, I would like to speak sitting down. I have ...
My Lords, I rise to speak in support of my noble friend Lord Low. I have looked to my experience ...
My Lords, I, too, thank the Minister for his amendment because it is a great way of starting the ...
My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 220, 221 and 222, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Storey, an...
My Lords, I have not put my name to an amendment, and I shall speak only for a brief moment to ma...
My Lords, I, too, have not tabled any particular amendment, but I was minded to contribute by the...
My Lords, my name is attached to Amendment 87 along with that of the noble Lord, Lord Low. It rel...
My Lords, we have tabled Amendments 69, 70, 90 and 91, and we have added our names to Amendment 2...
My Lords, this is our first debate on Part 3, and it has been excellent and extensive. I should p...
On that point, I wonder if the Minister will accept—as we talked about when we met him this week,...
I am grateful for the noble Baroness’s intervention. I shall take away all the points that have b...
My Lords, will children with sickle cell disorder also be included? The Minister did not mention ...
I reassure the noble Baroness that the amendment is not just about managing medicines but is abou...
Can my noble friend clarify that the schools in Part 4 also include free schools and early-years ...
The answer is yes.
In developing the guidance, we would welcome discussions either bilatera...
I have listened to this debate with great interest, very much as a novice in this area, although ...
I thank the noble and learned Baroness for that intervention. Clearly, we all got that impression...
Perhaps I may also push the Minister on a point of clarification? I have a quote from the Ministe...
The noble Baroness is right that the definition has not substantially changed. Our position is th...
On that point, I think that it would be helpful, if we are to help the Minister, if he could firs...
The Equality Act, the Children Act and the NHS Act are the relevant legislation, but I will provi...
Looking at my Amendment 223 and the government amendment—I am very pleased with it—an omission is...
I am happy to stimulate that discussion. The guidance will make clear our expectation that school...
My Lords, this has been quite a long debate. We have been going for nearly a couple of hours. It ...
Moved by
Lord Low of Dalston
65C: Clause 19, page 18, line 30, at end insert—
“...
It is me again so soon. Amendment 65C is the only amendment in this group, which means that I sho...
My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Low, for tabling this amendment. The SEN provisio...
My Lords, there seems to be a good deal in the Minister’s response that should potentially provid...
Moved by
Lord Low of Dalston
65D: Clause 19, page 18, line 30, at end insert—
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My Lords, I shall also speak in support of Amendment 157B, which was tabled by the noble Baroness...
My Lords, I rise to speak in support of Amendment 219, in the names of the noble Baronesses, Lady...
I rise to speak in support of Amendments 65D and 219. As the noble Lord, Lord Low, said, Amendmen...
My Lords, I declare an interest as a trustee of UNICEF. I, too, am delighted to be speaking in fa...
Briefly, I support my noble friends Lady Howe and Lord Low on Amendment 219. I commend to the Min...
I thank the noble Lord, Lord Low, and the noble Baronesses, Lady Howe and Lady Wilkins, for tabli...
Before the Minister moves on, I would be grateful if he could answer my question whether he accep...
We do not accept it. We feel that we deal with it in the provisions that I have mentioned. I will...
I am grateful to all those who have spoken unanimously in support of these amendments. I am parti...
Moved by
Lord Storey
66: Clause 19, page 18, line 30, at end insert—
“( ) The f...
Clause 19 sets out the principles for involving children and young people with special educationa...
My Lords, I support the amendments of the noble Lord, Lord Storey, in this group. They follow the...
I, too, support the amendments tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Storey, and supported by my noble f...
My Lords, I support the noble Baroness, Lady Hughes, and those who have spoken to these amendment...
I will not keep the Committee for long. As my name is attached to a number of amendments in this ...
My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Storey for his welcome of Clause 19, which was echoed by o...
I thank my noble friend for her clear and concise reply. It reassures me. I agree with the noble ...
My Lords, I give my noble friend brief warning that I am totally delighted by Clause 19, particul...
Moved by
Lord Ramsbotham
70A: Clause 20, page 19, line 8, at end insert—
“( ) A...
My Lords, looking at the clock, I am a little alarmed. Will we rise at 7.45 pm or will we go on u...
We plan to rise as close as we can to 7.45 pm, having completed the group. I trust that acts as a...
I am very grateful to the Minister, but I am extremely concerned about that because this group in...
My Lords, it may help the Committee if I say that it is possible under certain circumstances to f...
My Lords, slightly unusually, I shall speak to Amendments 76 and 78 before I speak to Amendment 7...
My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 77 in my name and that of my noble friend Lady Hughes of Str...
My Lords, I support the amendments tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham. For anyone who know...
My Lords, I record my support for all these amendments and declare an interest as the patron of t...
My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 80. Clause 22 requires local authorities to identify whether ...
My Lords, my name is attached to this amendment. Clause 32, “Advice and information for parents a...
My Lords, may I ask the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, whether he has addressed Amendment 76, or is...
I addressed Amendments 76 and 78 together.
Then I shall add them to what I am going to say. I very much support what the noble Lord says abo...
The noble Lord has completely misunderstood what I was saying about Amendments 76 and 78. I sugge...
My Lords, Clause 22 extends the current requirement on local authorities to exercise their powers...
I am very grateful to all those who have spoken, including the Minister for his summing up. When ...