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House of Commons

Tuesday 5 March 2013

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

Children and Families Bill

[FIRST AND SECOND SITTINGS]

Mr Edward Timpson

Agreed to

That—

(1)
the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 8.55 am on Tuesday 5

March) meet—

(a)
at 2.00 pm on Tuesday 5 March;

(b)
at 11.30 am and 2.00 pm on Thursday 7 March;

(c)
at 9.25 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 12 March;

(d)
at 11.30 am and 2.00 pm on Thursday 14 March;

(e)
at 9.25 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 19 March;

(f)
at 11.30 am and 2.00 pm on Thursday 21 March;

(g)
at 9.25 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 16 April;

(h)
at 11.30 am and 2.00 pm on Thursday 18 April; and

(i)
at 9.25 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 23 April;

(2)
the Committee shall hear oral evidence in accordance with the following

Table:

      TABLE

Date
Time
Witness

Tuesday 5 March
Until no later
Department for Education;

than 10.00 am
Department for Business,

Innovation and Skills

Tuesday 5 March
Until no later
The Thomas Coram Foundation

than 10.45 am
for Children (Coram); Professor

Julie Selwyn, Professor of Child

and Family Social Work,

University of Bristol; TACT

Tuesday 5 March
Until no later
David Norgrove, Chair of Family

than 11.25 am
Justice Review and Chair of

Family Justice Board; Lord Justice

Munby, President of the Family

Division; Coram Children’s Legal

Centre

Tuesday 5 March
Until no later
Council for Disabled Children;

than 2.45 pm
Every Disabled Child Matters;

Special Education Consortium

Tuesday 5 March
Until no later
Achievement for All; Independent

than 3.30 pm
Parental Special Education

Advice; Institute of Education

Tuesday 5 March
Until no later
National Association for Special

than 4.15 pm
Educational Needs; The

Communication Trust; Association

of Educational Psychologists

Tuesday 5 March
Until no later
Association of Colleges; National

than 5.15 pm
Association of Head Teachers;

David Bartram, Assistant Head,

Lampton School, Hounslow

Tuesday 5 March
Until no later
Office of the Children’s

than 5.45 pm
Commissioner

Thursday 7 March
Until no later
Ofsted; Daycare Trust and the

than 12.15 pm
Family and Parenting Institute;

National Childminding

Association

Thursday 7 March
Until no later
Dr Roger Morgan, Children’s

than 1.00 pm
Rights Director of England;

Children England

Thursday 7 March
Until no later
Working Families; Fawcett Society

than 2.45 pm

Thursday 7 March
Until no later
Fatherhood Institute; Federation of

than 3.30 pm
Small Businesses

Thursday 7 March
Until no later
Association of Directors of

than 4.15 pm
Children’s Services; Barnardo’s

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Children and Families Bill, continued

(3)
proceedings on consideration of the Bill in Committee shall be taken in the

following order: Clauses 1 to 6; Schedule 1; Clauses 7 to 12; Schedule 2;

Clauses 13 to 71; Schedule 3; Clauses 72 and 73; Schedule 4; Clauses 74 to

85; Schedule 5; Clause 86; Schedule 6; Clauses 87 to 96; Schedule 7; Clauses

97 to 104; new Clauses; new Schedules; Clauses 105 to 110; and remaining

proceedings on the Bill; and

(4)
the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a

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Children and Families Bill, continued

conclusion at 5.00 pm on Tuesday 23 April.

Mr Edward Timpson

That, subject to the discretion of the Chair, any written evidence received by the

Committee shall be reported to the House for publication.

Agreed to

Mr Edward Timpson

That, at this and any subsequent meeting at which oral evidence is to be heard, the

Committee shall sit in private until the witnesses are admitted.

Agreed to

[Adjourned until Thursday at 11.30 am



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