Children and Social Work Bill [HL]

My Lords, as has already been pointed out, this group is closely related to the group beginning w...

My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendments 88A and 88B, which are tabled in my name. In doing so I d...

My Lords, I support what the noble Baroness, Lady Hughes of Stretford, has just said and pay trib...

My Lords, I, too, support the amendments tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Hughes. When I was Ch...

My Lords, we support all these amendments. In speaking to Amendments 88A and 88B, I simply echo t...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 80 to 85 and Amendments 88A and 88B.

Amendments 80 to...

Before the Minister sits down, I thank her for her response but wonder if I could have some clari...

No, that is not the assumption.

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for that comprehensive response and to the noble Baroness...

Before the noble Lord sits down, yes, we would be very happy to have an early discussion.

I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.

Moved by

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

89: Clause 8, page 8, line 42, leave out from begin...

Clause 8 extends the definition of permanence provisions as it appears in the Children Act 1989 s...

My Lords, I have Amendment 90 in this group, which adds,

“the child’s wishes and feelings”,...

My Lords, I would like to support Amendment 89. I am grateful to the Government for clarifying th...

My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 90A, which would place a duty on local authorities and spe...

My Lords, I support Amendment 90 tabled by the noble Baronesses, Lady Walmsley and Lady Pinnock. ...

My Lords, I support Amendments 89 and 90. I say to the Minister that in any legislation you canno...

My Lords, I support all these amendments and pick up what the noble Lord, Lord Warner, has just s...

My Lords, I add my support to this group of amendments, which are all extremely important, and I ...

My Lords, I, too, want wishes and feelings to be included in the Bill. As noble Lords know, I am ...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 89, 90 and 90A which seek to amend Clause 8. Before I do so...

I apologise to the Minister, but that is in Part 3 of the Bill, which deals with the accommodatio...

In view of that suggestion, I will not attempt even to get to that ball, let alone try to hit it ...

I am grateful to the Minister, and I am particularly grateful to the noble and learned Baroness, ...

That was a very helpful intervention from the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley, and I am grateful to...

Tabled by

Baroness King of Bow

90A: Clause 8, page 9, line 9, at end insert—

( ...

From what the noble Lord says, current legislation provides a duty to meet children’s needs. This...

Moved by

Lord Watson of Invergowrie

91: After Clause 8, insert the following new Clau...

My Lords, like Amendment 90, moved by my noble friend Lord Hunt, Amendments 91, 94, 96, 97 and 98...

My Lords, I support the amendments in this group tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Watson of Invergo...

My Lords, I support Amendments 91 and 92. I declare my interest as a grandparent several times ov...

My Lords, I support Amendment 91, to which my name is attached. In doing so, as in the previous g...

My Lords, I would like to support what the noble Baroness, Lady Tyler, has just said. The Select ...

My Lords, I also support very strongly the amendments tabled by my noble friends and other noble ...

My lords, I believe that the latest Ofsted findings show that siblings are being kept together an...

My Lords, I welcome this group of amendments, and particularly welcome what the noble Baroness, L...

My Lords, I will respond to Amendments 91 and to Amendments 92, 94 and 96 to 98, which are groupe...

I was rather concerned about the wording of Clause 4 in extending the virtual head teacher role a...

For children who have left care and are now with a family, the noble Baroness is right, because o...

My Lords, this has been a stimulating debate with a number of excellent contributions. I should s...

Moved by

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

91A: After Clause 8, insert the following new Claus...

My Lords, this amendment was previously in the name of my noble friend Lady Armstrong. Understand...

My Lords, I recall having some briefings about this issue in relation to a previous Bill in your ...

Amendment 91A seeks to amend the Civil Legal Aid Regulations 2013 to provide parents with free le...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for her response and to the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley...

Moved by

Lord Ramsbotham

92A: After Clause 9, insert the following new Clause—

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My Lords, first, let me correct an omission from my contribution at Second Reading—namely, that I...

My Lords, children’s social care services are some of the most important functions of local autho...

My Lords, I was pleased to add my name to this amendment and I support the arguments that have be...

My Lords, clearly there are other organisations that undertake work on behalf of the local author...

My Lords, I think it is fair to say that this is the most contentious issue to have arisen in our...

Will the Minister clarify the position of social enterprise companies which often have to make a ...

My Lords, I spoke to this issue at Second Reading. It is an important question to clarify, and I ...

Can I challenge the Minister on this? I would agree that there is a world of difference when it c...

I will reflect further on what the noble Lord has said. What we are trying to do in these situati...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for that and to all those noble Lords who have contribute...

Moved by

The Earl of Listowel

93: After Clause 9, insert the following new Clause—