Children and Social Work Bill [HL]

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 4. I am very glad that the Government have tabled Amendment ...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 8 in my name and indicate my support for Amendments 4 and 5, ...

My Lords, I follow my noble friend Lord Ramsbotham in being most grateful to the Government for b...

My Lords, I support the amendments in this group, particularly Amendment 4. I am pleased to suppo...

My Lords, I support all the amendments in this group, particularly Amendment 8, spoken to so ably...

My Lords, I support this group of amendments because we all know that while each year, here in En...

My Lords, I too begin by thanking the noble Lord, Lord Nash, for his amendment on mental health a...

My Lords, I too support very strongly this group of amendments. I am very glad that issues about ...

My Lords, I did not take part in earlier stages of the Bill and it may be that the question I am ...

My Lords, I rise to speak on this group of amendments not least because children’s mental health ...

My Lords, I had not intended to intervene because I have not participated earlier, having been ab...

Briefly, in response to the point raised by the noble Lord, Lord Lester, he and I were both membe...

I am very grateful. I gather that the reason for my mistake is that version that we now have does...

My Lords, I wonder how the Government’s amendment can be carried out without giving effect to the...

My Lords, I start by responding to the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, about the p...

I am grateful to the noble Lord for giving way. I am trying to work out whether he has agreed tha...

Well, I have committed to having a meeting with the noble Baroness, Lady Tyler, and the co-chairs...

I am sorry to interrupt the Minister’s flow, but I am puzzling over what he has just said about t...

We will certainly draw attention in the statutory guidance to all these conditions and their impo...

I thank the Minister for what he has said, but it is not assumed that everyone should be assessed...

I think we can do that. I am happy to discuss this further with the noble Lord but, as I understa...

I am sorry to interrupt the Minister again, but I would like him to clarify what he was saying to...

I am not authorised to make that assurance or to predict future legislation standing here. Howeve...

Moved by

The Earl of Listowel

2: Clause 1, page 2, line 6, at end insert—

“( ) ...

My Lords, Amendment 2 is in my name and that of the noble Lord, Lord Warner. I should apologise b...

My Lords, I am responsible for Amendment 9 in this group. I had the honour of introducing the Bil...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 2 and 9, both of which I have added my name to. Based on my...

My Lords, I want to make one simple point in support of Amendment 2, although it probably relates...

My Lords, I support Amendment 9. Subsection (1) of the new clause proposed in it refers to subsec...

I am grateful to my noble and learned friend Lord Mackay, the noble Earl, Lord Listowel, and the ...

I thank the Minister for his response. Indeed, I thank noble Lords for their support for my amend...

Moved by

Lord Ramsbotham

3: Clause 1, page 2, line 6, at end insert—

“( ) to pr...

My Lords, this amendment seeks to include a duty to promote access to legal advice and representa...

My Lords, I rise to speak in support of this amendment, especially in relation to unaccompanied m...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, for this amendment and for his contri...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for that reply and to the noble Baroness, Lady Lister, fo...

Moved by

Lord Warner

6: Clause 1, page 2, line 27, leave out “A local authority in En...

My Lords, in moving this amendment I shall also speak supportively of Amendment 7, to which I add...

My Lords, I and other noble Lords attempted in Committee to persuade the Minister that the list o...

My Lords, I draw the House’s attention to my interests as a councillor in the Borough of Kirklees...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lords, Lord Watson and Lord Warner, for the opportunity to d...

My Lords, I think it is a missed opportunity, but I am glad that the Minister is going to put som...

Tabled by

Baroness Tyler of Enfield

8: After Clause 1, insert the following new Claus...

Will the Minister clarify that he will meet me before Third Reading to consider the issues I have...

I should be delighted to clarify that and I will do so.

Moved by

Lord Mackay of Clashfern

9: After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—...

My Lords, I do not propose to elaborate because we have already discussed this, but I want to tak...

I would be delighted to meet my noble and learned friend Lord Mackay to discuss this further. It ...

I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.

Moved by

Lord Watson of Invergowrie

10: After Clause 1, insert the following new Clau...

My Lords, Amendment 10 would place a new duty on local authorities to take reasonable steps to pr...

My Lords, I shall speak in support Amendment 12, to which I have added my name, but I should like...

My Lords, I speak briefly to Amendment 10 and to agree with the comments of the noble Lords, Lord...

My Lords, I am grateful to noble Lords for these amendments, which relate to the local offer for ...

My Lords, first, I hope and suspect that my eyebrows were not the only ones to raise when the Min...

Moved by

Lord Farmer

11: Clause 2, page 2, line 43, at end insert—

“( ) relatio...

My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 11, tabled in my name and those of my noble and learned fr...

My Lords, I support Amendment 11, to which my name is attached, as it was in Committee. To reiter...

My Lords, I am happy to support the amendment. Everything that I said earlier was about relations...

My Lords, perhaps I may speak briefly in support of the amendment. Earlier we debated my Amendmen...

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Farmer and the noble Baroness, Lady Tyler, for th...

I thank the Minister for that encouraging response. I also thank the noble Baroness, Lady Tyler, ...

Moved by

The Earl of Listowel

13: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause—