Children and Families Bill

My Lords, it is a pleasure to kick off today’s procedure rather than waiting all day and your tur...

My Lords, I wish to speak to Amendments 129, 131, 133, 136, 139, 140, 141 and 142 standing in my ...

My Lords, I, too, have amendments in this group, to which I will speak briefly. In a similar way ...

My Lords, I speak to this group of amendments on assessment tabled by the noble Baronesses, Lady ...

I am very grateful to the Minister for accepting one of our amendments. That is progress. However...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness for making this point, and we will go away and thin...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for his comments on my amendment. I did not think that the earli...

Moved by

Lord Touhig)

137: Clause 36, page 29, line 33, leave out subsection (10)

My Lords, Amendment 137 is tabled in my name and those of my noble friends Lady Hughes of Stretfo...

My Lords, if Amendment 137 is agreed, I cannot call Amendment 138 by reason of pre-emption.

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 138, 146, 166, 174, 205AA and 205AB, which are all in my na...

My Lords, I have three amendments in this group. As this is the first time that I have taken part...

My Lords, I support Amendment 146, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Sharp of Guildford. For man...

My Lords, I also say what an absolutely splendid debate we have had so far, particularly the inpu...

My Lords, I shall briefly support the noble Baronesses, Lady Cumberlege and Lady Sharp, and the n...

My Lords, I have added my name to Amendments 137, 145, 165 and 173, but I do not propose to speak...

My Lords, I support Amendment 172 tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Howe. I will not extend much...

My Lords, I am grateful to all who have spoken in this important debate. I know that we all share...

My Lords, I am not totally happy with what the Minister has said. The funny phrase,

“must h...

My Lords, I echo what the noble Baroness, Lady Sharp, has just said. Try as I might, I am afraid ...

My Lords, the Secretary of State, Mr Gove, said in a speech at what may have been at his party co...

Moved by

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

139: Clause 36, page 29, line 43, leave out par...

Moved by

Lord Low of Dalston

142A: After Clause 36, insert the following new Clause—<...

My Lords, the amendment would introduce a new clause after Clause 36, requiring local authorities...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Low, for moving Amendment 142A.

The new cla...

I am grateful to the noble Earl for his response, which I shall want to read with care. At first ...

My Lords, I, or my noble friend Lady Northover, would be delighted to have any meeting as suggest...

I am very grateful to the Minister for that. I have experience of his courtesy and willingness to...

Moved by

Lord Low of Dalston

143: Clause 37, page 30, line 20, at end insert—

“...

My Lords, Amendment 143 concerns the type of social care provision that should be included in edu...

My Lords, I support the noble Lord, Lord Low, on this amendment. I have not taken part in this Bi...

My Lords, I speak in support of this group of amendments. They aim to achieve equal standing for ...

My Lords, I also support this group of amendments and will speak to Amendments 162 and 163 in my ...

My Lords, I understand exactly what the Minister means about Section 17, but I cannot understand ...

My Lords, I have added my name to Amendment 164 and I endorse what has been said on this issue by...

My Lords, I would like to respond to this group of amendments regarding the placing of a legal re...

The duty under Section 17 of the Children Act 1989 to meet the needs of all children in need is a...

I apologise for intervening. Having been a director of social services and having had to set thos...

Before the Minister responds, perhaps I may also give him the opportunity to deal with a point? H...

I am grateful to both noble Baronesses for their interruptions. As I said in my letter—and will n...

I apologise for interrupting the Minister again. The amendments concerned say that it is where th...

As I have said, there are very significant duties around disabled children. The plan is not inten...

My Lords, we have had an extremely good debate with some very cogent contributions from everyone ...

Moved by

Lord Touhig

144: Clause 37, page 30, line 20, at end insert—

“( ) any ...

My Lords, Amendments 144 and 146 are tabled in my name and that of my noble friends Lady Hughes a...

My Lords, I have tabled two amendments in this group. Before I speak to them, I want to say how i...

My Lords, I have one amendment in this group, which is to Clause 37(5). It is to provide a standa...

My Lords, my name is added to that of the noble Baroness, Lady Howe, for Amendment 147 and I endo...

My Lords, perhaps I may very briefly add a few words of support, particularly to the last amendme...

I speak in support of Amendment 175A in the name of my noble friend Lord Touhig. I have in mind a...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Touhig, and other noble Lords who have either mov...

My Lords, the Minister said that he was against having a statutory form to satisfy local needs. I...

We are talking about children’s needs, and local authorities will need to ensure that their templ...

My Lords, we have had quite a wide-ranging debate and the Minister has had to cover a huge number...

Moved by

Lord Nash

148: Clause 37, page 30, line 25, leave out “and maintenance” and ...

Moved by

Lord Lexden

153: Clause 38, page 31, line 1, leave out paragraph (f) and ins...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 153 I shall speak also to Amendments 157 and 159. In doing so, I de...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 158 in my name and in the names of my noble friends Lady Hugh...

My Lords, I very much support the amendment in the name of my noble friend Lord Lexden. I recentl...

My Lords, perhaps I may briefly add something. It has been a tradition that the independent secto...

My Lords, this group of amendments concerns independent specialist provision. I thank all noble L...

My Lords, I thank all who have taken part in this brief debate, and particularly my noble friends...

Moved by

Baroness Sharp of Guildford

176: Clause 49, page 36, line 14, leave out “mus...

My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendments 177 and 179 in my name. In Clause 49, we move to the i...

My Lords, we have Amendments 180, 271 and 273 in this group, which I shall address. We have touch...

My Lords, I spoke at more length than is usual for me on this when I raised it, under Clause 30, ...

My Lords, I would like to speak to this group of amendments concerning personal budgets and the r...

Can I just ask for a point of clarification? I thought that the Minister was beginning to say tha...

I think I will have to respond to the noble Baroness in more detail. I think the top and bottom o...

I am very grateful to the Minister for his reassurances, about the role that school or college pr...

My Lords, I think that this may be a convenient moment for the Committee to adjourn.

The Committee stands adjourned.