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

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Provision of adoption support services for children brought into the United Kingdom

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

NC3

To move the following Clause:—

'(1) In relation to a child brought into the United Kingdom for adoption where section 80 applies, each local authority must, at the request of—

(a)	the adopters or prospective adopters,

(b)	the child, or

(c)	any other person who falls within a description prescribed by regulations made under subection (3)

carry out an assessment of that person's needs for adoption support services.

(2) Where, as a result of an assessment, a local authority decides that a person has needs for adoption support services under this section, they must then provide such services to that person.

(3) Regulations—

(a)	shall prescribe the upper limit of any fees charged by a local authority to any person who engages in the actions described in section 80, in relation to those actions,

(b)	may prescribe the persons to be included within subsection 1(c).'.

Extension of the Convention to Northern Ireland

Mr Robert Walter

NC 4

To move the following Clause—

'(1) Her Majesty may by Order in Council provide for giving effect to the Convention in Northern Ireland.

(2) An Order in Council under subsection (1) in respect of Northern Ireland may, in particular, make any provision corresponding to provision which in relation to any part of Great Britain is made by the Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999 or may be made by regulations under section 1 of that Act.'.

Intermediary services

Kevin Brennan

NC5

To move the following Clause:—

(1) Regulations may require adoption agencies to provide an intermediary service at the request of an adopted person, or a birth relative of an adopted person.

(2) Where the intermediary service is requested by a birth relative of an adopted person, the regulations may provide that the Adoption Agency shall use such information as is available to it to contact the adopted person, and notify them of the request of the birth relative to receive identifying information about the adopted person.

(3) But regulations made by virtue of subsection (2) shall provide that information as to the identity of the adopted person shall only be given to the birth relative with the consent of the adopted person.'.

Registration of private foster parents

Mr Jonathan R. Shaw

NC9

To move the following Clause:—

'For section 69 of the 1989 Act (Power to prohibit private fostering) there is substituted—

"69(1) Every local authority shall keep a register of persons who act as private foster parents within their area.

(2) A local authority shall not register any person as a private foster parent unless it is satisfied that he is fit to act as a private foster parent.

(3) The Secretary of State shall by regulations make provision as to the considerations to which a local authority is to have regard in reaching a decision as to whether to register a person as a private foster parent.

(4) A local authority shall cancel the registration of any person under subsection (1) if:

(a)	it appears to them that the circumstances of the case are such that they would be justified in refusing to register that person as a private foster parent;

(b)	the care provided by that person for any privately fostered child is, in the opinion of the authority, inadequate having regard to the needs of that child; or

(c)	the premises in which any privately fostered child is or would be accommodated are not suitable for that purpose.

(5) No person shall act as a private foster parent unless he is registered under subsection (1).

(6) A person who contravenes subsection (5) shall be guilty of an offence.

(7) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (6) shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or to both.

(8) A person aggrieved by the refusal of a local authority to register him as a private foster parent may appeal to the court in accordance with paragraph 8 of Schedule 8 to this Act.".'.

EXCERPT FROM THE ORDER OF THE HOUSE

Proceedings in Special Standing Committee

3.—(1) Proceedings in the Special Standing Committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Thursday 17th January 2002.

(2) Standing Order No. 91(1) (Special standing committees) shall apply with the omission of the word "morning".

ORDER OF THE COMMITTEE (27TH NOVEMBER)

That—

(1)	during proceedings on the Adoption and Children Bill the Special Standing Committee do meet on Tuesdays at half-past Ten o'clock and at half-past Four o'clock and on Thursdays at half-past Nine o'clock and half-past Two o'clock;

(2)	20 sittings in all shall be allotted to the consideration of the Bill by the Committee;

(3)	the proceedings to be taken on the sittings shall be as shown in the second column of the Table below and shall be taken in the order so shown;

(4)	the proceedings which under paragraph (3) are to be taken on any sitting shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the time specified in the third column of the Table;

(5)	paragraph (3) does not prevent proceedings being taken (in the order shown in the second column of the Table) at any earlier sitting that that provided for under paragraph (3) if previous proceedings have already been concluded.

TABLE

Sitting	Proceedings	Time for conclusion of proceedings
27th November	Clause 1, Clauses 17 to 40 and Clauses 50 and 51	—
27th November	Clause 1, Clauses 17 to 40 and Clauses 50 and 51	—
29th November	Clauses 1, Clauses 17 to 40 and Clauses 50 and 51	11.25 a.m.
29th November	Clauses 41 to 49 and Clause 52	5 p.m.
4th December	Clauses 94 to 99, Clauses 104 and 105	—
4th December	Clauses 94 to 99, Clauses 104 and 105	7 p.m.
6th December	Clauses 63 to 73	11.25 a.m.
6th December	Clauses 80 to 87, Clause 120 and Clause 123	—
11th December	Clauses 80 to 87, Clause 120 and Clause 123	1 p.m.
11th December	Clauses 2 to 16, Clauses 115 to 119 and Clause 122	—
13th December	Clauses 2 to 16, Clauses 115 to 119 and Clause 122	—
13th December	Clauses 2 to 16, Clauses 115 to 119 and Clause 122	—
18th December	Clauses 2 to 16, Clauses 115 to 119 and Clause 122	1 p.m.
18th December	Clauses 53 to 62, Clause 74, Schedule 1, Clauses 75 and 76, Schedule 2, Clauses 77 to 79	—
10th January	Clauses 53 to 62, Clause 74, Schedule 1, Clauses 75 and 76, Schedule 2, Clauses 77 to 79	—
10th January	Clauses 53 to 62, Clause 74, Schedule 1, Clauses 75 and 76, Schedule 2, Clauses 77 to 79	5 p.m.
15th January	Clauses 88 to 93 and Clauses 113 and 114	1 p.m.
15th January	Clauses 106 to 112, New Clauses and New Schedules relating to Part 2	—
17th January	Clauses 106 to 112, New Clauses and New Schedules relating to Part 2	11.25 a.m.
17th January	Clauses 100 to 103, Clause 121, Clause 124, Schedules 3 to 5, Clauses 125 to 132, Schedule 6, Clauses 133 to 135, remaining New Clauses and New Schedules	5 p.m.




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