Children and Families Bill

My Lords, I would like to speak to Amendments 4 and 5, which variously attempt to circumscribe th...

I should advise the House that if Amendment 4D in this group is agreed to, I cannot call Amendmen...

My Lords, I rise to speak briefly in support of Amendment 4, to which I have added my name. The n...

My Lords, I have also put my name to Amendment 4. I am not too worried which of the various amend...

My Lords, I have Amendments 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D and 6A in this group. They have already been trailed. ...

My Lords, I cannot keep using the expression that I am a new person to your Lordships’ House, but...

My Lords, I support the amendments in my name and those of the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, the n...

My Lords, I support the amendment in the name of my noble friend Lady Hamwee.

A point was m...

My Lords, I am grateful to those noble Lords who have contributed to this debate. I am acutely aw...

My Lords, I would like to clarify whether the Minister is withdrawing Amendment 6, as I thought h...

Yes, if I accept Amendment 6A, I do not have to move Amendment 6, because it is covered, I believ...

For absolute clarity, is the Minister saying that he is withdrawing Amendment 6?

My Lords, I am and I am accepting Amendment 6A.

In the period prior to March 2015, the Secr...

I thank all Members who participated in this debate. It is an important issue and it is right tha...

Moved by

Baroness Hamwee

4A: Clause 3, page 2, line 33, after “requiring” insert “one...

Moved by

Baroness Hamwee

4D: Clause 3, page 2, line 43, leave out from beginning to e...

My Lords, I must advise the House that if Amendment 4D is accepted, I am not able to call Amendme...

Moved by

Baroness Hamwee

6A: Clause 3, page 3, line 2, at end insert—

“(2) In s...

Moved by

The Earl of Listowel

7: After Clause 6, insert the following new Clause—

My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendment 8. Before I do so, I join in thanking the Minister for ...

My Lords—

My Lords, I am going to propose Amendment 9. Perhaps I may do that first—I am not intending to cl...

I hope it is convenient to follow the noble Baroness now on the sibling point so that these point...

My Lords, in speaking to Amendment 10, I, like other noble Lords this afternoon, place on record ...

My Lords, having listened to the comments on the other amendments in this group, I am very intere...

My Lords, I have a lot of sympathy with these amendments, particularly Amendments 7 and 8 in the ...

My Lords, I support my noble friend’s Amendment 9, which puts contact between siblings in the Bil...

I support Amendments 9 and 10. When the noble and learned Baroness was talking, I remembered that...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords for putting down these amendments and for their commitment in this ...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for her careful reply. It was encouraging to hear what she said ab...

Moved by

Lord Nash

11: Clause 9, transpose Clause 9 to after Clause 80

My Lords, the small government amendment I have tabled will move Clause 9 from Part 1 of the Bill...

My Lords, perhaps I should rise. I was so focused on the previous amendment that I had rather mis...

My Lords, I ask for guidance as to whether we can now speak on Amendment 12, which the business p...

There is an error on the paper. The government amendment is number 11 and the amendment of the no...

My Lords, I was completely confused. There was a moment when I thought I was getting out of contr...

My Lords, before the noble Earl, Lord Listowel, rises, I will say one or two words and not delay ...

My Lords, I am most grateful to the Minister for informing us of the Government’s proposal to bri...

My Lords, I can confirm that we will lay an amendment at Third Reading and that we will produce i...

Moved by

Lord McColl of Dulwich

13: After Clause 9, insert the following new Clause—<...

My Lords, I will begin with the story of a boy from Vietnam whose parents needed to borrow money ...

My Lords, my name is also on this amendment. This is a goal which the noble Lord, Lord McColl of ...

My Lords, I was pleased and proud to add my name to this amendment. I do so having been pleased t...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord McColl, referred to the Joint Committee on Human Rights. In Grand ...

My Lords, I support the amendment and declare an interest as chairman of the Children’s Society. ...

My Lords, I have to say to my noble friend that in 2012 I was not entirely persuaded by a similar...

My Lords, this debate has made very clear the commitment across the House to improving the suppor...

I wonder if I could ask the noble Baroness what she meant by regulations. She has been talking ab...

From authorities far higher than me, the answer seems to be yes—regulations.

Could the noble Baroness also confirm that discussions or consultations about the guidance have t...

My understanding is that they have indeed been consulted, and that consultation will no doubt con...

My Lords, I thank everyone who has taken part in this debate, especially the noble and learned Ba...

My Lords, we are looking forward to discussing this further with my noble friend Lord McColl and ...