Children and Families Bill

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 30 and 31 standing in my name and in the name of my noble f...

My Lords, I support the amendment of my noble friend Lady Howe.

I welcome the Government’s ...

My Lords, I can understand why the noble Lord, Lord Low, tabled Amendment 33D, which would regula...

My Lords, I agree with the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, that parents have fought for years to get ...

My Lords, I support the amendments and, in particular, will comment on Amendments 30, 31, and 33D...

My Lords, I, too, support all the amendments in this group. If the Bill really is to improve the ...

My Lords, I can imagine myself as a parent of a child with special education needs; I have listen...

My Lords, I return to the introduction that the noble Baroness, Lady Howe, gave to Amendment 25E ...

My Lords, I support the noble Baroness, Lady Sharp, in what she was saying. I was rather taken by...

My Lords, this is our first opportunity after the Recess to consider Part 3 of the Children and F...

My Lords, first, I thank everyone who took part in this extremely interesting debate. It was at l...

Moved by

Lord Nash

25F: Clause 27, page 23, line 5, leave out paragraph (a) and inser...

Moved by

Lord Nash

27A: Clause 28, page 24, line 16, at end insert—

“( ) a pers...

My Lords, I rise to move the group of government amendments starting with Amendment 27A. These am...

My Lords, I begin by thanking the Minister for his courteous words in his introduction. I feel th...

I support everything that my noble friend Lord Ramsbotham has said. This is an enormous opportuni...

My Lords, we all know that 70% of these young offenders have special educational needs. We also k...

My Lords, I shall be brief, as I usually am, but I want to say two things. One is that when I rea...

My Lords, I have a suggestion following what the noble Baroness has just said about implementatio...

My Lords, my name is attached to Amendment 50 along with that of the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham....

My Lords, Amendment 48A is in my name. The noble Baroness, Lady Hughes, made the point, also made...

My Lords, I am delighted that the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, is satisfied that we are nearly th...

I am not clear: could any requirements in relation to young offender or custodial institutions in...

I have no idea, but I hope that by the time I have finished dealing with the amendment of my nobl...

I thank the Minister for the way in which, as other noble Lords said, he has listened during all ...

I do, too.

Moved by

Lord Nash

30A: Clause 30, page 25, line 23, after “needs” insert “or a disab...

Moved by

Lord Nash

31A: Clause 30, page 25, line 25, after first “for” insert “—

Moved by

Lord Nash

32A: Clause 30, page 25, line 30, at beginning insert “other”

Moved by

Lord Nash

33A: Clause 30, page 26, line 2, at end insert “—

(i) ”

Moved by

Lord Low of Dalston

33D: Clause 30, page 26, line 5, at end insert—

“(...

My Lords, Amendment 33D stands in my name and I spoke to it in our first debate this afternoon. W...

Moved by

Lord Nash

33E: Clause 30, page 26, line 13, after “involve” insert “—

...

Moved by

Lord Nash

33HA: Clause 31, page 26, line 30, after “following” insert “perso...

Moved by

Baroness Northover

33J: Clause 32, page 27, line 4, after first “for” insert...

My Lords, the Bill already provides for local authorities to be responsible for ensuring that par...

My Lords, I very much welcome the Government’s amendments in relation to the provision of informa...

My Lords, I, too, welcome this group of amendments. From these Benches in Committee we proposed a...

My Lords, very briefly, I would be remiss if I did not welcome this amendment. I was directly inv...

My Lords, perhaps I may just caution—I think that the noble Baroness has just touched on this—tha...

Very briefly, we also welcome the fact that the Government have recognised that children need to ...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords for their welcome for these amendments, particularly the noble Baro...

Moved by

Lord Nash

33K: Clause 32, page 27, line 5, leave out “and young people for w...

Moved by

Lord Nash

34AA: Clause 36, page 29, line 39, at end insert “or section (Asse...

Moved by

Lord Nash

34C: Clause 36, page 30, line 20, after “In” insert “making a dete...

My Lords, there has been broad support across this House for our ambition to create a system that...

My Lords, I am delighted to be able to support my noble friend on these amendments which remove t...

My Lords, my name is attached to many of these amendments and I am delighted to support them all....

My Lords, I add my thanks and make two brief points. First, this will convey a message to the you...

My Lords, I rise briefly to speak to Amendment 39CA, which has been put in this group. I apologis...

My Lords, I rise briefly to make two points. First, I welcome the amendments. The wording of the ...

My Lords, I thank again my noble friends Lady Sharp and Lady Cumberlege, as well as the noble Bar...

Moved by

Lord Nash

34D: Clause 36, page 30, line 21, leave out “have regard to his or...

Moved by

Baroness Sharp of Guildford

34F: Clause 37, page 31, line 10, leave out subs...

Moved by

Lord Rix

38: Clause 42, page 34, line 10, at end insert—

“( ) If the p...

Noble Lords will have noticed, no doubt, that Amendment 38 would place a duty to deliver the soci...

My Lords, my name is on the amendment and I wish to give my full support to my noble friend Lord ...

My Lords, I, too, add my support to the amendment moved by my noble friend Lord Rix, which aims t...

My Lords, my name is also attached to the amendment. I endorse what has already been said by the ...

My Lords, I want briefly to say what I have said several times. If you have a package for educati...

My Lords, I, too, add my support for the amendment. For this system to be truly joined up, all pa...

My Lords, perhaps the Minister can clarify what I understood was the situation, whereby there is ...

My Lords, I, too, add my support for the amendment and my gratitude to those who have fought so h...

My Lords, if you are going to agree an education, health and care plan, it is clearly important t...

My Lords, my name is also attached to the amendment and I respectfully suggest to your Lordships ...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lords, Lord Rix and Lord Low, the noble Baroness, Lady Hughes, and my...

My Lords, I thank every noble Lord who spoke in support of this amendment. Clearly there is great...

Moved by

Baroness Northover

38A: Clause 42, page 34, line 14, leave out “to the exten...

My Lords, both this amendment and Amendment 42 in the name of the noble Countess, Lady Mar, are c...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing this group of amendments so comprehensively. Amend...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness for such a clear and extensive explanation of this ...

I thank noble Lords for their support and I wish the noble Countess, Lady Mar, well.

Moved by

Lord Nash

39B: Clause 44, page 35, line 9, leave out “his or her age” and in...

If Amendment 39B is agreed to, I cannot call Amendment 39C by reason of pre-emption.

Moved by

Lord Nash

39D: Clause 45, page 35, line 37, leave out “child or young person...

Moved by

Baroness Sharp of Guildford

39F: Clause 45, page 35, line 41, leave out subs...

Moved by

Lord Lingfield

39GA: Clause 47, page 36, line 29, at end insert—

“( ) ...

My Lords, I put down a probing amendment in Committee which was meant to draw attention to the po...

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Lingfield for his amendment and for the eloquent ...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for her reply, which gives me much reassurance. The tightening of ...

Moved by

Lord Nash

39H: Clause 48, page 36, line 32, leave out “custodial sentence” a...

Moved by

Lord Rix

40A: Clause 51, page 38, line 42, at end insert—

“(g) the soc...

My Lords, Amendment 40A, supported by my noble friends Lord Low and Lady Hollins, seeks to create...

My Lords, I have my name on the amendment and give my noble friend Lord Rix my full support in mo...

My Lords, I, too, added my name to this amendment. My noble friends Lord Rix and Lord Low have el...

My Lords, I, too, moved an amendment in Committee on a single point of appeal. It beggars belief ...

My Lords, I support Amendment 40A moved by the noble Lord, Lord Rix, and colleagues. We supported...

My Lords, I support Amendment 40A but particularly Amendment 40B. I agree absolutely with the pri...

My Lords, I had not intended to speak, but I have been listening to this argument with considerab...

My Lords, rather like my noble friend who has just spoken, from listening to the arguments, I fee...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lords, Lord Rix and Lord Low, and the noble Baronesses, Lady Hughes, ...

My Lords, this is like opening a Christmas stocking, is it not? You are never quite sure what is ...

Tabled by

Baroness Hughes of Stretford

40B: After Clause 51, insert the following new...

On the basis of what the Minister has just said, I will not press this amendment. However, I say ...

Moved by

Lord Low of Dalston

43A: After Clause 61, insert the following new Clause—