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House of Commons

 
 

Thursday 14 March 2013

 

Public Bill Committee

 

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Children and Families Bill


 

Note

 

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the

 

Committee [5 March 2013].

 


 

Lisa Nandy

 

Mrs Sharon Hodgson

 

9

 

Clause  6,  page  4,  leave out lines 27 to 35.

 


 

Mr. Edward Timpson

 

15

 

Schedule  1,  page  116,  line  14,  leave out paragraph 11 and insert—

 

‘11(1)  

Sections 125 to 131 cease to have effect in relation to Scotland.

 

      (2)  

Accordingly, in section 149 (extent), in subsection (4) omit paragraph (b).’.

 



 
 

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Lisa Nandy

 

Mrs Sharon Hodgson

 

10

 

Clause  7,  page  5,  line  27,  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

In subsection (1), after paragraph (d) insert—

 

“(e)    

his siblings (whether of the whole or half blood).”.’.

 


 

Mr Edward Timpson

 

16

 

Clause  8,  page  7,  line  46,  at end insert—

 

(3A)    

In section 96(3) of that Act (section 95 does not prohibit payment of legal or

 

medical expenses in connection with applications under section 26 etc) after “26”

 

insert “, 51A”.

 

(3B)    

In section 1(1) of the Family Law Act 1986 (orders which are Part 1 orders) after

 

paragraph (ab) insert—

 

“(ac)    

an order made under section 51A of the Adoption and Children

 

Act 2002 (post-adoption contact), other than an order varying or

 

revoking such an order;”.

 

(3C)    

In section 2 of that Act (jurisdiction of courts in England and Wales to make Part

 

1 orders: pre-conditions) after subsection (2B) insert—

 

“(2C)    

A court in England and Wales shall not have jurisdiction to make an order

 

under section 51A of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 unless—

 

(a)    

it has jurisdiction under the Council Regulation or the Hague

 

Convention, or

 

(b)    

neither the Council Regulation nor the Hague Convention

 

applies but the condition in section 3 of this Act is satisfied.”’.

 

Mr Edward Timpson

 

17

 

Clause  8,  page  8,  line  4,  at end insert—

 

‘(5)    

In section 17(4) of the Armed Forces Act 1991 (persons to be given notice of

 

application for service family child assessment order) before paragraph (e)

 

insert—

 

“(db)    

any person in whose favour an order under section 51A of the

 

Adoption and Children Act 2002 (post-adoption contact) is in

 

force with respect to the child;”.

 

(6)    

In section 18(7) of that Act (persons who may apply to vary or discharge a service

 

family child assessment order) before paragraph (e) insert—

 

“(db)    

any person in whose favour an order under section 51A of the

 

Adoption and Children Act 2002 (post-adoption contact) is in

 

force with respect to the child;”.

 

(7)    

In section 20(8) of that Act (persons who are to be allowed reasonable contact

 

with a child subject to a protection order) before paragraph (d) insert—

 

“(cb)    

any person in whose favour an order under section 51A of the

 

Adoption and Children Act 2002 (post-adoption contact) is in

 

force with respect to the child;”.

 

(8)    

In section 22A(7) of that Act (persons who are to be allowed reasonable contact

 

with a child in service police protection) before paragraph (d) insert—


 
 

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“(cb)    

any person in whose favour an order under section 51A of the

 

Adoption and Children Act 2002 (post-adoption contact) is in

 

force with respect to the child,”.’.

 


 

Bill Esterson

 

2

 

Clause  9,  page  8,  line  15,  at end add—

 

‘(3D)    

A person appointed by a local authority under subsection (3B) shall be

 

responsible for oversight of the way in which pupil premium for children looked

 

after by that authority is spent.’.

 

Lisa Nandy

 

Mrs Sharon Hodgson

 

18

 

Clause  9,  page  8,  line  15,  at end add—

 

‘(3D)    

A person appointed by a local authority under subsection (3B) is reponsible for

 

promoting the educational attainment of children in all schools in the local

 

authority area receiving public funding, including Academies.

 

(3E)    

A person appointed by a local authority under subsection (3B) has responsibility

 

for allocating the pupil premium for the education of looked after children paid

 

to the local authority pursuant to section 14 of the Education Act 2002.’.

 


 

Lisa Nandy

 

Sharon Hodgson

 

19

 

Clause  10,  page  8,  line  20,  at end insert ‘unless in the view of the court it is

 

unreasonable to do so’.

 

Lisa Nandy

 

Sharon Hodgson

 

20

 

Clause  10,  page  8,  line  34,  at end insert ‘“approved mediator” means a mediator

 

who satisfies such training and quality assurance standards as the Lord Chancellor may

 

by regulations specify;’.

 

Lisa Nandy

 

Sharon Hodgson

 

21

 

Clause  10,  page  8,  line  36,  after ‘held’, insert ‘with an approved mediator’.

 



 
 

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Lisa Nandy

 

Sharon Hodgson

 

23

 

Clause  11,  page  9,  line  17,  at end insert—

 

‘(2B)    

“Involvement” means any kind of direct or indirect involvement that promotes

 

the welfare of the child, but shall not be taken to mean any particular division of

 

a child’s time.’.

 

Lisa Nandy

 

Sharon Hodgson

 

22

 

Page  9,  line  11,  leave out Clause 11.

 


 

Lisa Nandy

 

Sharon Hodgson

 

24

 

Clause  12,  page  9,  leave out lines 38 to 41, and insert—

 

‘(a)    

with whom a child is to—

 

(i)    

live,

 

(ii)    

spend time, or

 

(iii)    

otherwise have contact; and

 

(b)    

when, with any person, a child is to—

 

(i)    

live,

 

(ii)    

spend time, or

 

(iii)    

otherwise have contact.’.

 

Lisa Nandy

 

Sharon Hodgson

 

25

 

Clause  12,  page  9,  line  42,  at end add—

 

‘(5)    

“Rights of custody” under the Hague Convention are determined by an order

 

made under subsection (3)(a)(i).’.

 


 

Lisa Nandy

 

Sharon Hodgson

 

26

 

Clause  13,  page  10,  line  14,  leave out subsection (5).

 

Lisa Nandy

 

Sharon Hodgson

 

27

 

Clause  13,  page  10,  line  15,  at end insert—

 

‘(5A)    

The court shall raise with the parties at the first hearing the issue of whether the

 

use of expert evidence is likely to be necessary in the proceedings and shall have


 
 

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particular regard to setting a timetable for consideration of applications for

 

permission to put expert evidence before the court.’.

 


 

Lisa Nandy

 

Sharon Hodgson

 

28

 

Clause  14,  page  12,  line  15,  after ‘issued’, insert ‘unless the court considers it

 

necessary in order to safeguard or promote the child’s welfare to permit additional time

 

for the disposing of the application.’.

 

Lucy Powell

 

33

 

Clause  14,  page  12,  line  35,  at end insert ‘or promote the child’s long-term

 

welfare.’.

 

Lisa Nandy

 

Sharon Hodgson

 

29

 

Clause  14,  page  13,  line  4,  after ‘weeks’, insert ‘or, having taken into consideration

 

the safeguarding and promotion of the child’s welfare, following evidence presented to

 

the court relating to a planned programme of intervention, such longer time period as the

 

court deems appropriate.’.

 


 

Lisa Nandy

 

Sharon Hodgson

 

30

 

Clause  15,  page  14,  line  6,  at end insert—

 

‘(A1)    

Section 22 of the Children Act 1989 (general duty of local authority in relation to

 

children looked after by them) is amended as follows—

 

            In subsection (4), after “proposing to look after,”, insert “including when

 

making any fundamental change to the care plan before or after a care

 

order has been made.”.’.

 

Lisa Nandy

 

Sharon Hodgson

 

31

 

Clause  15,  page  14,  line  10,  after ‘provisions’, insert ‘and sibling placement

 

arrangements’.

 

Lisa Nandy

 

Sharon Hodgson

 

32

 

Clause  15,  page  14,  line  13,  at end insert ‘unless it deems such consideration

 

necessary in assessing the permanence provisions of the section 31A plan for the child

 

concerned and making the care order, taking into account the circumstances of the


 
 

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application and the safeguarding and promotion of the child’s welfare.’.

 


 

Mr Edward Timpson

 

55

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  21,  page  18,  line  19,  leave out ‘all forms of’.

 

Mr Edward Timpson

 

56

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  21,  page  18,  line  20,  leave out ‘(whether or not’.

 


 

Mr Robert Buckland

 

40

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  22,  page  18,  line  33,  at end add—

 

‘(2)    

Regulations must make provision for how local authorities exercise their

 

functions referred to in subsection (1).’.

 

Mr Robert Buckland

 

54

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  22,  page  18,  line  33,  at end insert—

 

‘(2)    

Regulations must make provision for the collection and publication of data

 

relating to children and young people by type of Special Education Need.’.

 


 

Mr Edward Timpson

 

57

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  26,  page  19,  line  38,  leave out ‘clinical commissioning groups’ and insert

 

‘commissioning bodies’.

 

Mr Edward Timpson

 

58

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  26,  page  20,  line  6,  leave out ‘special educational needs of the children and

 

young people concerned’ and insert ‘learning difficulties and disabilities which result in

 

the children and young people concerned having special educational needs’.

 

Mr Robert Buckland

 

47

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  26,  page  20,  line  7,  leave out ‘special educational’ and insert ‘educational,

 

health and care’.

 

Mr Edward Timpson

 

59

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  26,  page  20,  line  32,  leave out subsection (8) and insert—

 

‘(8)    

A local authority’s “partner commissioning bodies” are—


 
 

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(a)    

the National Health Service Commissioning Board, to the extent that it is

 

under a duty under section 3B of the National Health Service Act 2006 to

 

arrange for the provision of services or facilities for any children and

 

young people for whom the authority is responsible who have special

 

educational needs, and

 

(b)    

each clinical commissioning group that is under a duty under section 3 of

 

that Act to arrange for the provision of services or facilities for any such

 

children and young people.

 

(9)    

Regulations may prescribe circumstances in which a clinical commissioning

 

group that would otherwise be a partner commissioning body of a local authority

 

by virtue of subsection (8)(b) is to be treated as not being a partner

 

commissioning body of the authority.’.

 


 

Mr Robert Buckland

 

48

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  27,  page  20,  line  40,  after ‘needs’, insert ‘and disabled children and young

 

people.’.

 

Mr Robert Buckland

 

49

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  27,  page  20,  line  43,  after ‘needs’, insert ‘and disabled children and young

 

people.’.

 

Mr Robert Buckland

 

50

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  27,  page  21,  line  3,  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

If the education and care provision referred to in subsection (1)(a) and (b) is

 

deemed insufficient to meet the needs of children and young people under

 

subsection (2), a local authority must—

 

(a)    

publish these findings; and

 

(b)    

improve that provision until it is deemed by those consulted in subsection

 

(3) to be sufficient to meet all the needs identified under section (22).’.

 


 

Mr Edward Timpson

 

60

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  28,  page  22,  line  21,  leave out from ‘which’ to end of line 22 and insert ‘is

 

under a duty under section 3 of the National Health Service Act 2006 to arrange for the

 

provision of services or facilities for any children and young people for whom the

 

authority is responsible;’.

 

Mr Robert Buckland

 

34

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  28,  page  22,  line  27,  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

The Local Government Ombudsman has jurisdiction for the purposes of this Part

 

over the partners set out in subsections (2)(a) to (2)(i).

 

(2B)    

The NHS Ombudsman has jurisdiction for the purposes of this Part over the

 

partners set out in subsections (2)(j) to (2)(m).’.


 
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