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| | Thursday 8th December 2005 |
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| | [third and fourth Sittings]
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| | | On page 100 of the Standing Committee Proceedings, published on 6th December, |
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| | | relating to the Childcare Bill, the following amendments should have been included after |
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| | | the reference to clause 2 being agreed to: |
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| | Clause 3, page 2, line 39, after ‘services’, insert ‘as widely as possible’. |
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| | Clause 3, page 3, line 2, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(3A) | The authority shall publish the criteria used to identify such parents and |
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| | | prospective parents under subsection (3).’. |
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| | Clause 3, page 3, line 9, after ‘persons’, insert ‘and voluntary and professional |
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| | Clause 3, page 3, line 10, at end insert— |
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| | Clause 4, page 3, leave out line 16 and insert ‘Duty of local authority and relevant |
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| | partners to co-operate to improve well-being of young children.’. |
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| | Clause 4, page 3, leave out line 16 and insert ‘Duty of local authority and relevant |
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| | partners to co-operate to improve well-being of children.’. |
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| | Clause 4, page 3, line 17, leave out subsection (1) and insert— |
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| | | ‘(1) | For the purposes of this section the relevant partners of a local authority in |
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| | | England are those specified in section 10(4) of the Children Act 2004 (c. 31).’. |
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| | Clause 4, page 3, line 19, after ‘Trust’, insert ‘or other health trusts’. |
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| | Clause 4, page 3, line 22, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(c) | a person providing services under section 114 of the Learning and Skills |
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| | | Act 2000 (c. 21) in any part of the area of the authority; |
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| | | (d) | the Learning and Skills Council for England.’. |
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| | Clause 4, page 3, line 23, leave out subsection (2) and insert— |
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| | | ‘(2) | Each local authority in England, in the performance by the authority of its duties |
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| | | under sections 1 and 3, must make arrangements to promote co-operation |
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| | | (b) | each of the authority’s relevant partners; and |
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| | | (c) | such other persons or bodies as the authority considers appropriate, being |
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| | | persons or bodies of any nature who exercise functions or are engaged in |
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| | | activities in relation to young children in the authority’s area.’. |
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| | Clause 4, page 3, line 23, leave out ‘work with’ and insert ‘promote co-operation |
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| | Clause 4, page 3, line 36, leave out ‘are’ and insert ‘may be’. |
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| | Clause 4, page 3, line 41, at end add— |
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| | | ‘(7) | Such guidance shall have effect only when laid before, and appproved by a |
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| | | resolution, of each House of Parliament.’. |
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| | Clause 4, page 3, line 41, at end add— |
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| | | ‘(7) | In making arrangements under this section, a local authority in England must |
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| | | have regard to the importance of parents and other persons caring for children in |
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| | | improving the well-being of young children.’. |
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| | | Clause, as amended, Agreed to. |
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| | Clause 5, page 4, line 4, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(2) | Orders under this section may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has |
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| | | been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.’. |
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| | Clause 6, page 4, line 6, leave out ‘working parents’ and insert ‘families’. |
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| | Clause 6, page 4, line 7, after ‘must’, insert ‘using all appropriate resources.’. |
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| | Clause 6, page 4, line 7, leave out ‘, so far as is reasonably practicable,’. |
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| | Clause 6, page 4, line 8, after ‘of’, insert ‘good quality, accessible and affordable’. |
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| | Clause 6, page 4, line 8, after ‘is’, insert ‘, and remains,’. |
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| | Clause 6, page 4, line 9, leave out ‘parents’ and insert ‘families’. |
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| | Clause 6, page 4, line 9, leave out ‘to enable them’. |
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| | Clause 6, page 4, line 11, at beginning insert ‘to enable parents’. |
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| | Clause 6, page 4, line 11, after ‘in,’, insert ‘part time or full time’. |
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| | Clause 6, page 4, line 11, after ‘work’, insert ‘or unpaid voluntary activity’. |
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| | Clause 6, page 4, line 12, at beginning insert ‘to enable parents’. |
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| | Clause 6, page 4, line 12, after ‘undertake’, insert ‘part time or full time’. |
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| | Clause 6, page 4, line 13, at end insert ‘, or |
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| | | (c) | to assist with children with disabilities or other special needs.’. |
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| | Clause 6, page 4, line 13, at end insert ‘or |
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| | | (c) | improve the well-being of young children in their area.’. |
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| | Clause 6, page 4, line 13, at end insert ‘or, |
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| | | (c) | to sustain caring responsibilities.’. |
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| | Clause 6, page 4, line 15, after ‘authority’, insert— |
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| | | ‘(aa) | must actively monitor the demands from families to ensure that provision |
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| | | is responsive to their needs,’. |
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| | Clause 6, page 4, line 16, leave out paragraph (a) and insert— |
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| | | ‘(a) | must have regard to the needs of parents in their area— |
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| | | (i) | who are eligible for the childcare element of the working tax |
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| | | (ii) | who are eligible for the maximum entitlement to the child tax |
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| | | (iii) | for the provision of childcare which is suitable for disabled |
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| | | (iv) | from black and minority ethnic communities’. |
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| | Clause 6, page 4, line 17, leave out sub-paragraph (i). |
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| | Clause 6, page 4, line 17, leave out from second ‘of’ to ‘and’ in line 18 and insert |
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| | ‘parents on lower incomes in particular, such thresholds to be subject to annual review,’. |
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| | Clause 6, page 4, line 20, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(iii) | the provision of a diverse range of childcare, and |
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| | | (iv) | the provision of childcare which is accessible to black and other |
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| | | minority ethnic groups.’. |
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| | Clause 6, page 4, line 22, at end insert ‘and to the affordability of such childcare’. |
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| | Clause 6, page 4, line 22, at end insert ‘and to the sustainability of such childcare’. |
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| | Clause 6, page 4, line 22, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(d) | must conduct, and take appropriate account of, consultation with |
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| | Clause 6, page 4, line 22, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(e) | must have regard to existing childcare operated by private and voluntary |
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| | Clause 6, page 4, line 22, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(f) | must establish an appeals process for providers who wish to challenge the |
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| | | basis on which the provision of childcare is deemed to be sufficient in this |
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