Children and Social Work Bill [HL]

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his remarks in moving the Bill. For too many children in care,...

My Lords, I draw the attention of the House to my entry in the register of interests as a local c...

My Lords, before I make my brief remarks in this debate, I would like to share with noble Lords t...

My Lords, this Bill rehearses a number of themes with which we are all very familiar because we k...

My Lords, I start by warmly welcoming the main focus in the Bill, which marks an important furthe...

My Lords, last Thursday, in moving her Motion on the balance of power between the Government and ...

My Lords, there is plenty to welcome in this Bill, particularly the steps that the Government are...

My Lords, I welcome the opportunity to discuss children’s social work. I admire those professiona...

My Lords, I welcome this Bill and the chance to debate the issues around the care of extremely vu...

My Lords, I welcome some aspects of the Bill, in particular the proposed corporate parenting prin...

My Lords, I have listened with growing admiration to the wealth of experience and knowledge that ...

My Lords, there are many reasons to be concerned by the content of the gracious Address this year...

My Lords, it may be helpful for me to make a few remarks on the debate so far. It is very interes...

My Lords, I am grateful that in the scheduling I find myself following the noble Earl, Lord Listo...

My Lords, it is an honour to follow that excellent contribution from the right reverend Prelate. ...

My Lords, we are about half way through this Second Reading and it has already been demonstrated ...

My Lords, there is much to welcome in this Bill. It is a genuine attempt to make life better for ...

My Lords, this is an important Bill but, if I may say so, it is also something of a ragbag of a B...

My Lords, I declare an interest as chairman of the Social Care Institute for Excellence and as a ...

My Lords, it seems a long time since I introduced the Bill that became the Children Act 1989 to t...

My Lords, in his letter to colleagues the Minister, Edward Timpson, stated that the Bill,

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My Lords, as I came into the Chamber today I was approached by campaigners who wanted to highligh...

I direct noble Lords to the register of interests for my activities in this area but draw attenti...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to speak in favour of this Bill. The Bill ties up some very important ...

My Lords, at the outset of my remarks I will take up what I thought was a very important point ma...

My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Judd. He leaves us with some ver...

My Lords, like the noble Lord, Lord McNally, I warmly welcome the intentions behind the Bill and ...

My Lords, I draw attention to and declare my interests as laid out in the Members’ register of in...

My Lords, when I first read Part 2 of the Bill, to which I shall confine my remarks, my first rea...

My Lords, at this point, there is only one person I feel more sorry for than myself, and that is ...

My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to speak—eventually—in this debate, and I do so and e...

My Lords, children and young people do not choose to be in care, and we as a society have a moral...

My Lords, this has been an excellent debate. The broad thrust of the Bill, in particular Part 1, ...

My Lords, I very much welcome all the contributions that were made to the Second Reading debate t...

I am sorry to interrupt the Minister in his flow, but he has had a good run at it. Could he say a...

I will not say any more now in view of the time, except that I would be delighted to host a joint...

My Lords, earlier in the debate, the noble Baroness, Lady Shephard of Northwold, expressed the ho...