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| | staff with Qualified Teacher status, Early Years Professional status or other full |
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| | and relevant level 6 qualification is not working directly with the children, for |
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| | children aged three and over— |
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| | (a) | the ratio of staff to children must be no less than one to eight; |
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| | (b) | at least one member of staff must hold a full and relevant level 3 |
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| | (c) | at least half of all other staff must hold a full and relevant level 2 |
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| | (6) | In independent schools where— |
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| | (a) | a member of staff with Qualified Teacher status, Early Years |
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| | Professional status or other full and relevant level 6 qualification; |
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| | (c) | a suitably qualified overseas-trained teacher is working directly with the |
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| | childre, for children aged three and over— |
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| | (i) | for classes where the majority of children will reach the age of |
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| | five or older within the school year, the ratio of staff to children |
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| | must be no less than one to 30; |
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| | (ii) | for all other classes the ratio of staff to children must be no less |
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| | (iii) | at least one other member of staff must hold a full and relevant |
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| | (7) | In independent schools where there is— |
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| | (a) | no member of staff with Qualified Teacher status, Early Years |
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| | Professional status or other full and relevant level 6 qualification; |
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| | (c) | no suitably qualified overseas-trained teacher working directly with the |
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| | children, for children aged three and over— |
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| | (i) | the ratio of staff to children must be no less than one to eight; |
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| | (ii) | at least one other member of staff must hold a full and relevant |
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| | level 3 qualification, and |
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| | (iii) | at least one other member of staff must hold a full and relevant |
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| | (8) | In maintained nursery schools and nursery classes in maintained schools (except |
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| | (a) | the ratio of staff to children must be no less than one to 13; |
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| | (b) | at least one member of staff must be a school teacher as defined by |
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| | subsection 122(3) [Power to prescribe pay and conditions] of the |
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| | Education Act 2002 and Schedule 2 to the Education (School Teachers’ |
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| | Qualifications) (England) Regulations 2003; and |
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| | (c) | at least one other member of staff must hold a full and relevant level 3 |
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| | (9) | The Secretary of State may make provision in statutory guidance to— |
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| | (a) | define qualifications as “full and relevant”; and |
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| | (b) | define “suitable experience” for those working with children under two. |
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| | (10) | If HM Chief Inspector of Education is concerned about the quality of provision |
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| | or the safety and well-being of children in a setting he may impose different |
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| | Support for children with specified health conditions |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The governing body of a mainstream school has a duty to produce and implement |
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| | a medical conditions policy that defines how it plans to support the needs of |
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| | children with specified health conditions. |
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| | (2) | The medical conditions policy must include provision about— |
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| | (a) | the means by which records of the specified health conditions of children |
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| | at the school are to be recorded and maintained; and |
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| | (b) | the preparation of an individual healthcare plan for each child with a |
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| | specified health condition which sets out the needs of that child arising |
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| | (3) | The medical conditions policy must include requirements relating to the |
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| | provision of appropriate training for school staff to support the implementation of |
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| | individual healthcare plans. |
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| | (4) | In preparing an individual healthcare plan the governing body must— |
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| | (a) | consult the parent of the child concerned and, where appropriate, the |
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| | child about the contents of the plan; and |
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| | (b) | there shall be a duty on NHS bodies to co-operate with the governing |
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| | body in its preparation and implementation of individual healthcare |
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| | (5) | Local authorities and clinical commissioning groups must co-operate with |
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| | governing bodies in fulfilling their functions under this Act. |
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| | (6) | The Secretary of State may by regulations define “specified health conditions” for |
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| | the purposes of this section. |
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| | (7) | For the purposes of this section “NHS bodies” has the same meaning as in the |
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| | Health and Social Care Act 2012.’. |
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| | General duty of local authorities to co-operate to secure sufficient accommodation for |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Children Act 1989 is amended as follows. |
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| | (2) | After section 22G (General duty of local authority to secure sufficient |
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| | accommodation for looked after children), insert the following new section: |
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| | “22H | General duty of local authorities to co-operate to secure sufficient |
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| | accommodation for looked after children |
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| | (1) | It is the general duty of a local authority to take steps in co-operation with |
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| | neighbouring local authorities that secure, so far as reasonably |
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| | practicable, the outcomes in subsections (2) and (3). |
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| | (2) | The first outcome applies to the children defined in subsection (3) of |
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| | section 22G in respect of whom the local authority are unable to secure |
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| | the outcome defined in subsection (2) of that section. |
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| | (3) | The first outcome is that the local authority is able to secure |
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| | accommodation for those children that— |
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| | (a) | is within a neighbouring authority’s area; and |
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| | (b) | meets the need of those children. |
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| | (4) | The second outcome applies to the children defined in subsection (3) of |
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| | section 22G in respect of whom a neighbouring local authority is unable |
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| | to secure the outcome defined in subsection (2) of that section. |
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| | (5) | The second outcome is that the local authority is able to secure |
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| | accommodation for those children that— |
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| | (a) | is within the authority’s area; and |
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| | (b) | meets the need of those children.”.’. |
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| | General duty of local authority to secure sufficient early help services |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | It is the general duty of a local authority to take steps that secure, so far as |
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| | reasonably practicable, the outcome in subsection (2). |
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| | (2) | The outcome is that the local authority is able to provide the children and young |
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| | people mentioned in subsection (3) and their families with provision of early help |
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| | (a) | are within the authority’s area or a neighbouring authority’s area; and |
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| | (b) | meet the needs of those children and young people and their families. |
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| | (3) | The children and young people referred to in subsection (2) are those— |
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| | (a) | who live within the local authority’s area, or |
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| | (b) | that the local authority is looking after. |
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| | “early help services” means services to children under 6 and their families, |
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| | and services to children and young people (of whatever age) and their |
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| | families early in the emergence of a problem; |
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| | “young people” means people under 25.’. |
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| | Duty of local safeguarding children boards to undertake serious reviews |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | Section 14 of the Children Act 2004 (Functions and procedure of Local |
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| | Safeguarding Children Boards) is amended as follows. |
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| | (2) | After subsection (2), insert— |
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| | “(2A) | Functions of review under subsection (2) shall include a duty to |
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| | undertake serious case reviews at the direction of the Secretary of |
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| | Part-time independent educational institutions to have no right to give corporal |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | Schedule 1 of the Education and Skills Act 2008 (Minor and consequential |
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| | amendments) is amended as follows. |
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| | (2) | In sub-paragraph (5) of paragraph 9, insert the following words at the end of |
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| | inserted subsection (7B): |
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| | “except that it applies in relation to this section as if for paragraphs (a) and |
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| | (b) of subsection (2) of section 92 of that Act there were substituted the |
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| | following words “for any amount of time during an academic year, no |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Children Act 1989 is amended as follows. |
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| | (2) | After section 22C (Ways in which looked after children are to be accommodated |
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| | and maintained), insert the following new section: |
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| | “22CA | Return home support services for looked after children returning |
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| | home to the care of their parents/others with parental responsibility |
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| | (1) | Whenever a local authority decides that a looked after child should return |
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| | to the care of its parent, the local authority must assess and monitor the |
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| | support needs of the child and the parent for as long as is necessary to |
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| | safeguard and promote the child’s welfare. |
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| | (2) | If after carrying out an assessment in accordance with subsection (1) |
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| | above, the local authority decides that the child or the parent has support |
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| | needs, they must provide a child in care, and, in the case of formerly- |
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| | accommodated children, offer to provide, ‘return home support services’ |
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| | to meet the identified support needs for as long as is necessary to |
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| | safeguard and promote the child’s welfare. |
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| | (3) | Whenever the local authority provides ‘return home support services’ |
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| | under subsection (2) above, they must prepare a personal budget if asked |
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| | to do so by the parent or the child, with a view to the recipient being |
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| | involved in agreeing and securing those services.”.’. |
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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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| | 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(4).”.’. |
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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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| | 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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