| Amendments proposed to the Adoption and Children Bill - continued | House of Commons |
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Tim Loughton 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 94 Clause 4, page 4, line 12, after 'needs', insert 'or the needs of connected persons'.
Tim Loughton 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.'.
Tim Loughton 145 Clause 4, page 5, line 18, after 'authority', insert 'and the latter bodies and authorities will have a duty to make provision of all relevant services.'.
Tim Loughton 144 Clause 4, page 5, line 23, leave out from 'requested' to end of line 24 and insert 'has a duty to comply with the request and make provision of all relevant services'.
Mr Robert Walter 2 Clause 8, page 7, leave out line 17.
Tim Loughton 91 Clause 8, page 7, line 17, at end insert—
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 58 Clause 12, page 9, line 25, leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'.
Tim Loughton 139 Clause 12, page 9, line 25, leave out 'Regulations under section 9 may establish' and insert 'There shall be established'.
Tim Loughton 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'.
Tim Loughton 138 Clause 12, page 9, line 30, after 'subsection (1)', insert ', but shall in any event include determinations relating to:
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—
Tim Loughton 49 Clause 12, page 9, line 43, after second 'an', insert 'independent'.
Tim Loughton 50 Clause 12, page 9, line 44, after second 'the', insert 'independent'.
Tim Loughton 140 Clause 12, page 10, line 11, at end add—'(9) Subject to subsection (10), where, on application to a panel constituted by the appropriate Minister under this Act, the panel makes or refuses to make a decision, an appeal shall lie to the High Court. (10) Where an application is made to a panel constituted by the appropriate Minister under this Act, and the panel considers that the matter is one which would more conveniently be dealt with by the High Court, the panel shall refuse to make a decision on the matter, and in that case no appeal shall lie to the High Court. (11) In circumstances where an application to a panel concerns a child, then that child shall be a party to the proceedings of the panel unless the child has consented to waive his or her rights to be a party. (12) Every person who is to be directly relevant to or affected by the decision of a panel shall be a party to the proceedings of the panel unless such a person has consented to waive his or her right to be a party. (13) A panel shall be convened to review a qualifying determination not later than three months following a request by a person who was directly relevant or affected to or by the decision of the panel. (14) The reasonable costs and expenses of the application to the panel or of any appeal to the High Court of the child and any organisation who is a party to such proceedings shall be paid by the appropriate Government Department. (15) The reasonable costs and expenses of a successful application to the panel or of any successful appeal to the High Court of any person, other than a person set out in subsection (14), shall be paid by the appropriate Government Department.'.
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