Amendments proposed to the Adoption and Children Bill, As Amended - continued	House of Commons
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Mr Hilton Dawson

122

Page     18,     line     26     [Clause     29],     leave out from 'authority' to 'have' in line 27.

   

Mr Hilton Dawson

124

Page     18,     line     31     [Clause     29],     leave out subsections (3), (4), (5) and (6).

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Mr Hilton Dawson

125

Page     19,     line     10,     leave out Clause 30.

   

Mr Hilton Dawson

126

Page     19,     line     30,     leave out Clause 31.

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Mr Hilton Dawson

127

Page     20,     line     29,     leave out Clause 33.

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Dr Liam Fox
Tim Loughton
Mr Oliver Heald
Mr Simon Burns

134

Page     21,     line     26     [Clause     34],     at end insert—

    '( )   Where the actions described in subsections (1) or (2) are taken, any placement order in place at that time shall be revoked.'.

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Dr Evan Harris
Sandra Gidley
Julia Drown
Simon Hughes
John McDonnell
Patsy Calton

10

Page     28,     line     41     [Clause     47],     leave out from 'couple', to end of line 42 and insert—

'(b)	an unmarried couple, or

(c)	one person,'.

   

Mr David Hinchliffe
Mr Andrew Lansley
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Mr Jonathan R. Shaw
Virginia Bottomley
Mr Hilton Dawson

18

Page     28,     line     41     [Clause     47],     leave out 'or'.

   

Mr David Hinchliffe
Mr Andrew Lansley
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Mr Jonathan R. Shaw
Virginia Bottomley
Mr Hilton Dawson

14

Page     28,     line     42     [Clause     47],     after 'person', insert—

',or

(c)	an unmarried couple.'.

   

Dr Evan Harris
Sandra Gidley
Julia Drown
Simon Hughes
John McDonnell
Patsy Calton

11

Page     28,     line     43     [Clause     47],     leave out 'or 49' and insert '49 or [Adoption by unmarried couples]'.

   

Mr David Hinchliffe
Mr Andrew Lansley
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Mr Jonathan R. Shaw
Virginia Bottomley
Mr Hilton Dawson

15

Page     28,     line     43     [Clause     47],     leave out 'or 49' and insert—'49 or [Adoption orders unmarried couples]'.

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Mr David Hinchliffe
Mr Andrew Lansley
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Mr Jonathan R. Shaw
Virginia Bottomley
Mr Hilton Dawson

16

Page     29,     line     2     [Clause     47],     after 'section 48)', insert 'or one member of the unmarried couple (in the case of an application under section [Adoption orders: unmarried couples]).'.

   

Dr Evan Harris
Sandra Gidley
Julia Drown
Simon Hughes
John McDonnell
Patsy Calton

12

Page     29,     line     2     [Clause     47],     after '48)', insert 'or one member of the unmarried couple (in the case of an application under section [Adoption by unmarried couples])'.

   

Dr Evan Harris
Sandra Gidley
Julia Drown
Simon Hughes
John McDonnell
Patsy Calton

13

Page     29,     line     5     [Clause     47],     after '48)', insert 'or both applicants (in the case of an application under section [Adoption by unmarried couples])'.

   

Mr David Hinchliffe
Mr Andrew Lansley
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Mr Jonathan R. Shaw

17

Page     29,     line     5     [Clause     4],     after '48', insert 'or both applicants (in the case of an application under section [Adoption orders: unmarried couples]).'.

   

Mr Andrew Lansley
Mr Robert Walter

24

Page     29,     line     13     [Clause     47],     at end insert—

    '(6)   References in this Act to an unmarried couple will apply only to a man and a woman living together.'.

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Mr Hilton Dawson

129

Page     30,     line     11     [Clause     50],     leave out paragraph (b) and insert—

'(b)	adoption would be so significantly better for the child than any other option as to justify overriding the parent's wishes'.

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Mr Secretary Milburn

35

Page     84,     line     8     [Schedule     3],     leave out 'or' and insert 'sections 1 or 2(4) of the Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999 or'.

   

Mr Secretary Milburn

36

Page     84,     line     14     [Schedule     3],     at end insert—

'( )	in the entry relating to the Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999—

(i)	in the first column, for "Section" there is substituted "Sections 1 and",

(ii)	in the second column, for "Article 9(a) to (c) of" there is substituted "regulations made under section 1 giving effect to" and at the end there is inserted "and functions under Article 9(a) to (c) of the Convention"'.

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Mr Secretary Milburn

64

Page     86,     line     16     [Schedule     3],     leave out from 'proceedings)' to end of line 18 and insert—

'(a)   in subsection (1), "(other than proceedings under the Adoption Act 1976)" is omitted,

(b)   in subsection (2)—

(i)	for "the Adoption Act 1976" there is substituted "the Adoption and Children Act 2002",

(ii)	the words following "(a) and (b)" are omitted.'.

   

Mr Secretary Milburn

40

Page     86,     [Schedule     3],     leave out lines 26 to 29.

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Mr Secretary Milburn

106

Page     89,     line     23     [Schedule     3],     at end insert—

'( )   after subsection (5) there is inserted—

    "(5A)   A local authority foster parent is entitled to apply for a residence order with respect to a child if the child has lived with him for a period of at least one year immediately preceding the application.",'.

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Mr Secretary Milburn

107

Page     91,     line     4     [Schedule     3],     leave out from beginning to 'or'.

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Mr Secretary Milburn

65

Page     99,     line     18     [Schedule     5],     column 2, at beginning insert—

'In section 71(1) the words "(other than proceedings under the Adoption Act 1976)".

In section 71(2) the words following "(a) and (b)".'.

   

Mr Secretary Milburn

41

Page     99,     line     20     [Schedule     5],     column 2, at beginning insert 'In section 1(8), the words following "section 50"'.

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Mr Secretary Milburn

42

Page     100,     line     18     [Schedule     5],     column 2, at end insert 'Section 7(3).'

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Mr Hilton Dawson

130

Page     72,     line     13     [Clause     128],     leave out from 'that' to end of line 14 and insert 'the person may attend and be heard.'.

   

Mr Hilton Dawson

131

Page     72,     line     32     [Clause     128],     leave out from 'and' to 'at' in line 33 and insert 'who has not given notice under subsection (4) of that section.'.

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Mr Secretary Milburn

91

Page     73,     line     3     [Clause     129],     at end insert 'or of Her Majesty to make an Order in Council by virtue of section 116'.

   

Mr Secretary Milburn

92

Page     73,     line     10     [Clause     129],     at end insert—

       'In relation to an Order in Council, "enactment" in this subsection includes an enactment comprised in, or in an instrument made under, an Act of the Scottish Parliament'.

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Mr Secretary Milburn

47

Page     74,     line     48     [Clause     131],     at end insert—

    '()   Any power conferred by this Act to prescribe a fee by Order in Council or regulations includes power to prescribe—

(a)	a fee not exceeding a prescribed amount,

(b)	a fee calculated in accordance with the Order or, as the case may be, regulations,

(c)	a fee determined by the person to whom it is payable, being a fee of a reasonable amount.'.

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Mr Robin Cook
Mr Secretary Milburn
       That the Orders of 29th October 2001 (Adoption and Children Bill (Programme)) and 23rd January 2002 (Adoption and Children Bill (Programme) (No. 2)) shall be varied as follows—

Consideration and Third Reading

    (1)   Proceedings on consideration and Third Reading shall be concluded in three allotted days.

    (2)   The proceedings on consideration shall be taken on each of the allotted days as shown in the first column of the following Table and shall be taken in the order so shown, and each part of the proceedings shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at the time specified in the second column of the Table.

Table

Proceedings	Time for conclusion of proceedings
First allotted day
Amendments relating to Clauses Nos. 2 to 16, New Clauses relating to the Adoption and Children Act Register, amendments relating to Clauses Nos. 116 to 120, 123 and 124	Two hours after the commencement of proceedings on the Motion for this Order or Ten o'clock, whichever is the earlier
Second allotted day
Amendments relating to Clauses Nos. 81 to 88, 121, 122, 125, 52, 54 to 63 and 75, Schedule No. 1, Clauses Nos. 76 and 77, Schedule No. 2, Clauses Nos. 78 to 80, 89 to 94, 96 to 100, 103, 105, 106, 114 and 115, New Clauses relating to Part 2, amendments relating to Clauses Nos. 107 to 112	Ten o'clock
Third allotted day
New Clauses relating to the remainder of Part 1, amendments relating to Clauses Nos. 1, 17 to 51, 53 and 64 to 74	Three hours after the commencement of proceedings on the Bill
New Clauses relating to the remainder of Part 3, amendments relating to Clauses Nos. 113, 95, 101, 102, 104, 126, Schedules Nos. 3, 4 and 5, Clauses Nos. 127 to 134, Schedule No. 6, Clauses Nos. 135 to 137, remaining new Clauses, new Schedules and remaining proceedings on consideration.	Four hours after the commencement of proceedings on the Bill

    (3)   The proceedings on Third Reading shall be brought to a conclusion six hours after the commencement of the proceedings on the Bill on the third allotted day.

    (4)   An allotted day is one on which the Bill is put down on the main business as first Government Order of the Day.

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Prepared 20 Mar 2002