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| | Children and Families Bill
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| | [Fifth and Sixth Sittings]
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| | Clause 1, page 1, line 8, after ‘(9A)’, insert ‘Subject to subsection (9B)’. |
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| | Clause 1, page 1, leave out line 9 and insert ‘satisfied that C should be placed for |
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| | Clause 1, page 1, line 9, at end insert ‘and are satisfied that a placement falling |
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| | within paragraph (a) of subsection (6) would not be consistent with C’s welfare’. |
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| | Clause 1, page 1, line 10, leave out ‘local authority foster parent’ and insert ‘foster |
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| | parent (whether or not a local authority foster parent)’. |
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| | Clause 1, page 1, line 11, after ‘adopter’, insert ‘after a matching process has been |
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| | Clause 1, page 1, line 12, leave out ‘(7) to (9)’ and insert ‘(7)(c), (8)(a) and (9)’. |
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| | Clause 1, page 1, line 12, at end add— |
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| | | ‘(9B) | Before considering placing a child with a foster parent who has been approved as |
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| | | a prospective adopter, the authority must consider as part of the permanency plan |
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| | | for C, placement with carers who could become the child’s permanent carers |
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| | | where this is in C’s best interests.’. |
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| | Clause 1, page 1, line 12, at end add— |
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| | | ‘(9C) | A child must not be considered for placement with a foster parent who has been |
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| | | approved as a prospective adopter under subsection (9A) unless both parents (and |
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| | | anyone else with parental responsibility for the child) have been referred to free |
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| | | legal advice and have consented to the placement except where there is an interim |
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| | | or full care order in place.’. |
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| | Clause 2, page 1, line 15, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(1A) | In subsection (4), after paragraph (f) insert— |
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| | | “(g) | the child’s religious persuasion, racial origin and cultural and |
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| | | linguistic background, although this paragraph does not apply to |
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| | | an adoption agency in Wales, to which subsection (5) instead |
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| | Clause 3, page 2, line 32, at end add— |
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| | | ‘(4) | The Secretary of State must set out in writing the reasons for issuing a direction |
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| | | (5) | A direction given under subsection (1) will not come into effect until the |
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| | | Secretary of State has reviewed the decision to issue the direction on an |
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| | | application by the local authority upon whom the direction was issued. |
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| | | (6) | If the Secretary of State is satisfied that the local authority is taking steps to |
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| | | remedy the reasons for issuing the direction, the Secretary of State may revoke all |
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| | | or part of the direction.’. |
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