Children and Social Work Bill [HL]

My Lords, I am aware that my noble friend Lady Meacher and others have indicated their intention ...

My Lords, my Amendment 106A is in this group. It was Amendment 108 but for some reason has been r...

My Lords, I must first apologise that I was unable to be present when my opposition to Clause 11 ...

My Lords, we are content to support the amendments in this group that were ably moved and explain...

Oh!

None the less—I understand the laughter from other noble Lords—there are interesting developments...

My Lords, I support everything that previous speakers have said about both the amendments and in ...

My Lords, I strongly support what has just been said. Over the years—it goes back quite a long wa...

Will the Minister think about a very simple question? If you take powers to bring things up to na...

My Lords, in this group Amendments 105, 107, 108, 109, 109A and 110 concern places of detention, ...

I am aware that this practice has gone on—you have anonymity, and so on—yet somehow the media or ...

I will reflect and look into that in more detail. Once it is in the public domain that a particul...

Has that response been published yet?

Yes is the answer.

Clause 13 requires local authorities to notify the panel of events in th...

For the sake of an accurate record, may I point out that Amendment 108, referred to by the Minist...

I am grateful to the Minister for his carefully considered response. I just hope that between now...

Moved by

Lord Nash

106: Clause 12, page 12, line 13, leave out “on behalf” and insert...

Moved by

Lord Nash

111: Clause 14, page 13, line 12, at end insert—

“( ) The Pa...

My Lords, I will speak to this amendment, which enables a request for information by the Child Sa...

My Lords, we had a good go over the issue of the judiciary on our last Committee day. The Ministe...

I will write to the noble Lord about that.

My Lords, I have just picked up the debate we had in Grand Committee on 6 July, when the noble Lo...

Yes, I will certainly do that, and on that basis I commend the amendment.

Moved by

Lord Nash

112: Clause 14, page 13, line 17, leave out “on behalf” and insert...

Moved by

Lord Nash

113: After Clause 14, insert the following new Clause—

“Loca...

My Lords, I would like to speak at some length to Amendments 113 to 120, and I will include Amend...

I thank the Minister for his very detailed explanation of these amendments, which are aimed at pu...

My Lords, that was an interesting contribution by the noble Baroness, Lady Pinnock. I particularl...

My Lords, could I ask a number of questions, particularly in relation to Amendment 116, on inform...

I shall add one more question to those posed by this very important set of amendments about how t...

My Lords, I am grateful for this debate. On the points raised by the noble Baroness, Lady Pinnock...

My Lords, as we are in Committee I say to the Minister that the latest report of the Delegated Po...

We are considering that report and we will respond in due course. On the point made by the noble ...

In response to my question about local elected representation, the Minister said that that abilit...

I am sure the noble Baroness will be delighted to hear that whereas at the moment they have obser...

I totally welcome that and thank the Minister for his response.

Moved by

Lord Nash

114: After Clause 14, insert the following new Clause—

“Loca...

Moved by

Baroness Evans of Bowes Park

121: After Clause 14, insert the following new ...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 121 to 125, regarding child death reviews in the multiagenc...

My Lords, I have a question about these clauses, which are generally welcome. The more informatio...

My Lords, I would like to add another point. Here we are talking about child death review partner...

I thank noble Lords for their interventions. Perhaps I can take away the comments from the noble ...

Moved by

Lord Nash

122: After Clause 14, insert the following new Clause—

“Info...

Moved by

Lord Nash

126: After Clause 14, insert the following new Clause—

“Abol...

This new clause is purely technical, but fulfils some important functions. Subsection (1) means t...

My Lords, the Minister said that this is a technical amendment. Yes, it is, but the introduction ...

I will also speak to Amendment 126. I believe the relationship between what is currently the loca...

On the points that have just been made, I thought we had discussed them at considerable length tw...

Moved by

Lord Wills

127: After Clause 14, insert the following new Clause—

“Whi...

My Lords, as I said at Second Reading, the Bill is missing a crucial opportunity to introduce pro...

My Lords, this of course brings back memories of the home for adults with learning disabilities t...

My Lords, we are very pleased to support this group of amendments to which my noble friend Lord W...

My Lords, I shall not repeat what many other noble Lords have said about whistleblowing, but conf...

I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Wills, for these amendments and to noble Lords for their co...

My Lords, I am very grateful to everyone who has taken part in this short debate and for the supp...

Moved by

Lord Watson of Invergowrie

129: Clause 15, page 13, line 21, after “outcomes...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 129 and 132 in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Hun...

I will speak to Amendment 130 in my name and that of the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley. I will al...

My Lords, I support the noble Lord, Lord Warner, in arguing for this amendment. If these clauses ...

My Lords, before speaking to my amendment in this group I make clear that I support those noble L...

My Lords, I return briefly to Clause 15, which is a classic example of regulation too far. I agre...

My Lords, I shall speak against Clause 15 and support the arguments of the noble Lords, Lord Wats...

My Lords, I will not delay the Minister’s response very long. I want to say a few words in suppor...

My Lords, I want to ask a very specific question. Could an exemption of the kind envisaged in the...

My Lords, I concur with all the concerns that have been expressed so far about Clause 15. It is n...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 129, 130, 131, 131A, 131B and 132, in this group regarding t...

My Lords, I am no expert in this area, but I still have not got hold of an example of what the pr...

Before the Minister replies, would he reflect on the fact that those of us who came to the meetin...

I really must help to reinforce this message to the Minister, because from what he has said so fa...

I heard the noble Lord the first time. I have not got very far but if I am allowed to continue I ...

My Lords, before the noble Lord sits down— I thank him for his response—is not the requirement re...

I think it would be much better to make that analysis when we have had the sort of meeting I am t...

My Lords, I welcome the thought of a meeting but I would be grateful if the Minister could ensure...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his reply and for the offer of a meeting, which I am ...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his response but after almost an hour of debate, we have made ...

Tabled by

Lord Warner

130: Clause 15, page 13, line 28, at end insert—

“( ) Bef...

I do not intend to move this amendment but I want to reinforce a point that has been made already...

Moved by

The Earl of Listowel

132A: After Clause 15, insert the following new Clause—...

My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendments 133A and 133B. The first of these would ensure transpa...

My Lords, I support my noble friend Lord Listowel’s Amendment 132A and his other amendments in th...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 133ZA in this group, in my name and that of my noble friend L...

My Lords, Amendments 132A, 133A, 133B and 133ZA would amend the consultation, application and rep...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for her reply and my noble friends for their support for my amendm...

Moved by

Lord Nash

133: Clause 17, page 14, line 20, leave out “its Local Safeguardin...

Moved by

Lord Nash

134: Clause 19, page 15, leave out lines 42 to 44 and insert—

Moved by

Lord Dubs

135A: After Clause 19, insert the following new Clause—

“Nat...

My Lords, this amendment is concerned with the well-being of unaccompanied children whether they ...

My Lords, I support the noble Lord, Lord Dubs, in his amendment and confirm that the issue of sha...

I am very pleased that the noble Lord, Lord Dubs, has tabled the amendment and again raised the i...

My Lords, I apologise for not being here sooner, but I was the last person standing to chair the ...

My Lords, I strongly support my noble friend. His experience and commitment in this sphere are we...

My Lords, I too thank the noble Lord, Lord Dubs, for tabling this amendment. I join in supporting...

My Lords, I have taught three unaccompanied children at my school—obviously this was before the c...

My Lords, I, too, thank my noble friend Lord Dubs for bringing forward this amendment. The standa...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Dubs, for his amendment. I recognise that it seek...

I am grateful to the Minister. I want to read what he has said, because he has given us quite a l...

Does my noble friend agree that all we have said in debating his amendment would be much more opt...

I agree entirely with my noble friend. That is why I have said that if as many children as possib...