Amendments proposed to the Adoption and Children Bill - continued House of Commons

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Mr Andrew Turner

10

Clause     96,     page     51,     line     21,     at end add—

    '(2)   Notwithstanding subsection (1), any proceedings may be reported subject to the following conditions—

    (a)   the name of any adult or child involved in the proceedings must not be reported;

    (b)   no place other than that of a local authority may be reported;

    (c)   the name of any school or other institution, the naming of which might reasonably be expected to make possible the identification of any adult or child involved in the proceedings, must not be reported.'.


   

Tim Loughton
Mr Robert Walter
Mr Henry Bellingham
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Julian Brazier

97

*Clause     64,     page     36,     line     24,     leave out 'as if the person had been born'.


   

Mr Henry Bellingham

21

Clause     2,     page     3,     line     7,     leave out subsection (4).

   

Tim Loughton
Mr Robert Walter
Mr Henry Bellingham
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Julian Brazier

65

Clause     2,     page     3,     line     18,     leave out 'may' and insert 'will'.


   

Tim Loughton
Mr Robert Walter
Mr Henry Bellingham
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Julian Brazier

64

Clause     3,     page     3,     line     37,     leave out subsection 3(b) and insert—

    '(b)   must extend to the provision of those services to other persons if so requested by said other persons.'.

   

Mr Henry Bellingham

22

Clause     3,     page     3,     line     37,     at end insert—

    '(c)   must extend to the provision of services covering intercountry adoption.'.

   

Tim Loughton
Mr Robert Walter
Mr Henry Bellingham
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Julian Brazier

66

Clause     3,     page     3,     line     37,     at end insert—

    '(c)   Should commence and give provision of services to persons described in (a) and (b) above when requested and continued until these persons decline any further support services.'.

   

Mr Henry Bellingham

23

Clause     3,     page     3,     line     42,     after 'question', insert ', including qualified social workers working on contract to the local authority.'.

   

Tim Loughton
Mr Robert Walter
Mr Henry Bellingham
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Julian Brazier

67

Clause     3,     page     3,     line     43,     leave out from 'must' to end of line 2, on page 4, and insert—

    '(a)   be provided in conjunction with the local authority's other social services and with registered adoption agencies in their area,

    (b)   be provided in conjunction with any other local authority's social services and with registered adoption agencies in other areas,

    (c)   be given in a co-ordinated manner without duplication, omission or avoidable delay.'.

   

Tim Loughton
Mr Robert Walter
Mr Henry Bellingham
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Julian Brazier

68

Clause     3,     page     4,     line     6,     at end add—

    '(7)   Extra costs incurred by local authorities in the maintenance of an adoption service will be provided by either Central Government, other relevant and interested agencies or a combination of both.'.


   

Tim Loughton
Mr Robert Walter
Mr Henry Bellingham
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Julian Brazier

94

*Clause     4,     page     4,     line     12,     after 'needs', insert 'or the needs of connected persons'.

   

Tim Loughton
Mr Robert Walter
Mr Henry Bellingham
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Julian Brazier

69

Clause     4,     page     4,     line     18,     leave out from 'services' to end of line 19 and insert 'the local authority has the duty to provide suitable services to that person.'.

   

Tim Loughton
Mr Robert Walter
Mr Henry Bellingham
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Julian Brazier

70

Clause     4,     page     4,     line     19,     after 'person', insert 'and provide a written explanation of their reasons if those support services will not be forthcoming.'.

   

Tim Loughton
Mr Robert Walter
Mr Henry Bellingham
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Julian Brazier

71

Clause     4,     page     4,     line     20,     leave out subsection (5) and insert—

    '(5)   If a local authority decides that a person has need for adoption support services, the local authority must prepare a plan in accordance with which adoption support services are being provided to the person and keep the plan under regular review.'.

   

Tim Loughton
Mr Robert Walter
Mr Henry Bellingham
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Julian Brazier

90

*Clause     4,     page     4,     line     29,     at end insert ', which regulations must at all times bear in mind, that, in general, any delay in provision of adoption support services is likely to prejudice the child's welfare.'.

   

Tim Loughton
Mr Robert Walter
Mr Henry Bellingham
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Julian Brazier

72

Clause     4,     page     4,     line     42,     after 'conditions', insert 'as long as the well-being of any person with regard to adoption support services is not affected and there is no avoidable delay.'.

   

Tim Loughton
Mr Robert Walter
Mr Henry Bellingham
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Julian Brazier

51

Clause     4,     page     4,     line     43,     after 'conditions', insert 'and provide for a review of a decision not to provide adoption support services'.

   

Tim Loughton
Mr Robert Walter
Mr Henry Bellingham
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Julian Brazier

95

*Clause     4,     page     5,     line     3,     after 'area', insert ', which should include the respective duties placed on either or both of those authorities and the indentification of a lead person in the authority to provide support services to that person.'.

   

Tim Loughton
Mr Robert Walter
Mr Henry Bellingham
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Julian Brazier

73

Clause     4,     page     5,     line     18,     after 'authority', insert 'and they will have a parallel duty along with the local authority to provide the necessary service.'.


   

Mr Robert Walter

2

Clause     8,     page     7,     leave out line 17.

   

Tim Loughton
Mr Robert Walter
Mr Henry Bellingham
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Julian Brazier

91

*Clause     8,     page     7,     line     17,     at end insert—

    '(g)   organisations operated wholly or mainly by adoptive family members.'.


   

Mr Robert Walter

3

Clause     11,     page     9,     line     9,     leave out 'prescribe' and insert 'recommend'.

   

Mr Robert Walter

4

Clause     11,     page     9,     line     16,     leave out 'prescribe' and insert 'recommend'.

   

Mr Robert Walter

5

Clause     11,     page     9,     line     18,     at end insert—

    '( )   Regulations under section 9 may prescribe the requirement for adoption agencies and local authorities to publish their fees.'.


   

Tim Loughton
Mr Robert Walter
Mr Henry Bellingham
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Julian Brazier

58

Clause     12,     page     9,     line     25,     leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'.

   

Tim Loughton
Mr Robert Walter
Mr Henry Bellingham
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Julian Brazier

59

Clause     12,     page     9,     line     29,     leave out subsection (2) and insert—

    '(2)   All determinations are qualifying determinations for the purposes of subsection (1).'.

   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

87

Clause     12,     page     9,     line     29,     leave out 'must' and insert 'shall'.

   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

82

     Clause     12,     page     9,     line     31,     leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'.

   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

83

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

    '(g)   maximum time limits for convening a panel as required for each type of qualifying determination.'.

   

Tim Loughton
Mr Robert Walter
Mr Henry Bellingham
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Julian Brazier

49

Clause     12,     page     9,     line     43,     after second 'an', insert 'independent'.

   

Tim Loughton
Mr Robert Walter
Mr Henry Bellingham
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Julian Brazier

50

Clause     12,     page     9,     line     44,     after second 'the', insert 'independent'.


   

Tim Loughton
Mr Robert Walter
Mr Henry Bellingham
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Julian Brazier

92

*Clause     13,     page     10,     line     31,     leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'.

   

Tim Loughton
Mr Robert Walter
Mr Henry Bellingham
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Julian Brazier

93

*Clause     13,     page     10,     line     32,     after 'section', insert 'and his department or any other government agency designated by him shall produce an annual report to Parliament detailing such statistics as are deemed relevant and reviewing progress made on the previous annual report.'.

 
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