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| For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s) of Supplement to Votes:
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| 1233-36 of the 2012-2013 Session
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| 5-6, 135-36, 137-39, 283-84 and 285-96 of the 2013-2014 Session |
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| Children and Families Bill, As Amended |
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| | Provision of further assistance to care leavers up to the age of 25 |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | Section 23CA of the Children Act 1989 (Further assistance to pursue education |
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| | or training) is amended as follows. |
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| | (2) | At the end of the section heading insert “or for welfare purposes”. |
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| | (3) | In subsection (1)(a), at the end, insert “and”. |
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| | (4) | In subsection (1)(b), omit the last “and”. |
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| | (5) | Omit subsection (1)(c). |
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| | (6) | In subsection (4), after “training”, insert “or welfare”. |
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| | (7) | In subsection (5)(a), omit the last “or”. |
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| | (8) | In subsection (5)(b), after “training”, insert “or welfare”. |
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| | (9) | At the end of subsection (5), add the following new paragraphs— |
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| | “(c) | providing advice and support in relation to his welfare; or |
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| | (d) | making a grant in exceptional circumstances to enable him to |
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| | meet expenses connected with his welfare.”.’. |
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| Clause 30, page 24, line 34, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(f) | arrangements to assist young people and parents in managing a personal |
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| | budget should they choose one.’. |
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| | Amendments to the Health Act 2006 |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Health Act 2006 is amended as follows. |
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| | (2) | After section 8, insert— |
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| | “8A | Offence of failing to prevent smoking in a private vehicle when |
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| | (1) | It is the duty of any person who drives a private vehicle to ensure that the |
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| | vehicle is smoke-free whenever a child or children under the age of 18 |
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| | are in such vehicle or part of such vehicle. |
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| | (2) | A person who fails to comply with the duty in subsection (1) commits an |
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| | (3) | A person convicted of an offence under this section is liable on summary |
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| | conviction to a fine of £60. |
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| | (4) | The Secretary of State may introduce regulations to alter the level of |
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| | penalty payable under subsection (3). |
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| | (5) | The Secretary of State shall update all relevant regulations regarding the |
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| | offence created under subsection (2) within six months of this section |
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| | (3) | In section 79(4)(a), leave out “or 8(7)” and insert “, 8(7), or 8A(3).”.’. |
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| Clause 9, page 9, line 8, at end insert ‘and section 23B subsection (8A) and |
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| monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of that local authority in discharging its duties |
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| under section 23C subsection (4B) and 23CA and advising them on ways to improve.’. |
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| Clause 9, page 9, line 11, at end insert ‘In the Children Act 1989, in section 23B |
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| after subsection 8 insert— |
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| | “(8A) | The duty of local authorities under subsection (8) to safeguard and promote the |
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| | child’s welfare, includes in particular a duty to promote the child’s educational |
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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 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 linguistic |
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| | background, although this paragraph does not apply to an adoption |
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| | agency in Wales, to which subsection (5) instead applies.”.’. |
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| | Review of impact of under-occupancy penalty on prospective adopters, prospective |
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| | special guardians and foster parents |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘Before the end of one year beginning with the day on which this Act receives |
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| | Royal Assent, the Secretary of State must— |
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| | (a) | carry out a review of the impact of the housing under-occupancy penalty |
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| | on prospective adopters, prospective special guardians and foster parents, |
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| | (b) | publish a report of the conclusions of the review.’. |
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| Clause 11, page 10, line 10, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(2B) | “Involvement” is any kind of direct or indirect involvement that promotes the |
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| | welfare of the child. It shall not be taken to mean any particular division of a |
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| Clause 15, page 14, line 46, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(A1) | Section 22 of the Children Act 1989 (general duty of local authority in relation to |
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| | children looked after by them) is amended as follows— |
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| | | “In subsection (4), after “proposing to look after,”, insert “including |
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| | when making any fundamental change to the care plan before or after a |
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| | care order has been made”.”.’. |
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| | Arrangements to support child witnesses |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State shall by order introduce arrangements to establish |
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| | specialist courts in cases where a child has been sexually abused or harmed, and |
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| | where the child will be required to give evidence to the court, and to be examined |
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| | (2) | Arrangements made by order under subsection (1) above shall include |
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| | arrangements to appoint intermediaries to support child witnesses in all court |
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| | cases, and other measures to support child witnesses.’. |
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| | Personal, social and health education in maintained schools |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | In section 84(3) of the Education Act 2002 (curriculum foundation subjects for |
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| | the first, second and third key stages), after paragraph (g) there is inserted— |
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| | “(ga) | personal, social and health education”. |
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| | (2) | In section 85(4) of the Education Act 2002 (curriculum foundation subjects for |
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| | the fourth key stage), at the end there is inserted “, and |
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| | (d) | personal, social and health education.” |
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| | (3) | In section 74(1) of the Education and Inspections Act 2006, which (when brought |
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| | into force) will substitute a new section 85 in the Education Act 2002, in |
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| | subsection (4) of that substituted section (foundation subjects for the fourth key |
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| | stage), at the end there is inserted “, and |
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| | (d) | personal, social and health education.” |
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| | (4) | Before section 86 of the Education Act 2002 there is inserted— |
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| | “85B | Personal, social and health education |
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| | (1) | For the purposes of this Part, personal, social and health education |
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| | (“PSHE”) shall include sex and relationship education, including |
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| | information about same-sex relationships, sexual violence, domestic |
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| | violence and sexual consent. |
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| | (2) | The National Curriculum for England is not required to specify |
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| | attainment targets or assessment arrangements for PSHE (and section |
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| | 84(1) has effect accordingly). |
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| | (3) | The Secretary of State for Education shall set out guidance to schools and |
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| | colleges to ensure that a coherent approach to personal, social, health and |
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| | economic education is developed, including between primary and |
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| | (4) | It is the duty of the governing body and head teacher of any school in |
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| | which PSHE is provided in pursuance of this Part to secure that guidance |
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| | issued under subsection (3) is followed and that— |
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| | (a) | information presented in the course of providing PSHE should |
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| | be accurate and balanced; |
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| | (b) | PSHE is taught in a way that is appropriate to the ages of the |
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| | pupils concerned and to their religious and cultural backgrounds, |
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| | and reflects a reasonable range of religious, cultural and other |
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| | (c) | PSHE is taught in a way that endeavours to promote equality, |
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| | celebrate diversity, and emphasise the importance of both rights |
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| | (5) | In the exercise of their functions under this Part so far as relating to |
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| | PSHE, a local authority, governing body or head teacher shall have |
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| | regard to any guidance issued from time to time by the Secretary of State. |
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| | (5) | Section 403 of the Education Act 1996 (sex education: manner of provision) is |
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| | amended as set out in subsections (2) to (5). |
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| | (6) | In subsection (1), for the words from the beginning to “at a maintained school” |
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| | there is substituted “The governing body or other proprietor of any school to |
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| | which this section applies, and its head teacher, must take such steps as are |
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| | reasonably practicable to ensure that sex and relationships education is given to |
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| | registered pupils at the school and that”. |
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| | (7) | After that subsection there is inserted— |
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| | “(1ZA) | The schools to which this section applies are— |
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| | (b) | city technology colleges; |
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| | (c) | city colleges for the technology of the arts; |
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| | | A reference in this section or section 404 to the governing body of a school, in |
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| | relation to a school within paragraph (b), (c) or (d), shall be read as a reference to |
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| | the proprietor of the school.”. |
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| | (a) | for “when sex education is given to registered pupils at maintained |
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| | schools” there is substituted “when sex and relationships education is |
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| | given to registered pupils at schools to which this section applies”; |
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| | (b) | in paragraph (a), after “, and” there is inserted “learn the nature of civil |
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| | partnership and the importance of strong and stable relationships.”; |
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| | (c) | paragraph (b) is omitted. |
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| | (9) | In subsection (1C), for “sex education” there is substituted “sex and relationships |
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| | (10) | In section 579 of that Act (general interpretation), in the definition of “sex |
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| | education” in subsection (1)— |
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| | (a) | for “sex education” there is substituted “sex and relationships |
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| | (b) | at the end there is inserted “but does not include education about human |
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| | reproduction provided as part of any science teaching;”. |
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| | (11) | For section 405 of the Education Act 1996 there is substituted— |
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| | “405 | Exemption from sex and relationships education |
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| | “(1) | If a pupil of sufficient maturity in attendance at a school to which section |
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| | 403 applies requests to be wholly or partly excused from receiving sex |
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| | and relationships education at the school, the pupil shall be so excused |
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| | accordingly until the request is withdrawn. |
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| | (2) | The Secretary of State must in regulations define “sufficient maturity”. |
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