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S.C.D. Standing Committee Proceedings: 13th December 2005        

118

 

Childcare Bill, continued

 
 

Beverley Hughes

 

Agreed to  134

 

Clause  13,  page  7,  line  42,  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

An English local authority may, in addition to securing the provision of

 

information, advice and training which they are required to secure under

 

subsection (1), provide other information, advice and training to any persons

 

mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (e) of that subsection.’.

 

Beverley Hughes

 

Agreed to  135

 

Clause  13,  page  8,  line  2,  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

An English local authority may impose such charges as they consider reasonable

 

for the provision of information, advice or training provided by them in pursuance

 

of subsection (1), (1A) or (2).’.

 

Tim Loughton

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Andrew Selous

 

Miss Julie Kirkbride

 

Justine Greening

 

Not called  14

 

Clause  13,  page  8,  line  4,  at end insert ‘, such guidance to be placed in the Library

 

of the House of Commons and noted its existence by way of Written Ministerial

 

Statement.’.

 

Annette Brooke

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

Withdrawn  216

 

Clause  13,  page  8,  line  4,  at end insert—

 

‘(4)    

An English local authority must ensure all persons providing childcare in their

 

area who are registered under Part 3 are provided with free access to, or funding

 

in order to undertake, Local Safeguarding Children Board approved child

 

protection training, within one year of their registration.’.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 

 

Beverley Hughes

 

Agreed to  136

 

Clause  14,  page  8,  line  9,  after ‘by’, insert ‘or under’.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 

Clause 15 Agreed to.

 

 
 

S.C.D. Standing Committee Proceedings: 13th December 2005        

119

 

Childcare Bill, continued

 
 

Tim Loughton

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Andrew Selous

 

Miss Julie Kirkbride

 

Justine Greening

 

Not called  212

 

Clause  16,  page  9,  line  6,  at end insert—

 

‘(4)    

In section 19 (Lead member of children’s services), after paragraph (a) insert

 

“(aa)    

the functions conferred on or exercisable by the authority

 

specified in Part 1 of the Childcare Act 2006,”.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Tim Loughton

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Andrew Selous

 

Miss Julie Kirkbride

 

Justine Greening

 

Not called  97

 

Clause  17,  page  9,  line  18,  at end insert ‘such circumstances to be transparent and

 

equitable.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Tim Loughton

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Andrew Selous

 

Miss Julie Kirkbride

 

Justine Greening

 

Not called  111

 

Clause  18,  page  9,  line  25,  leave out from ‘child’ to end of line 28.

 

Annette Brooke

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

Not called  280

 

 

Clause  18,  page  9,  line  32,  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

unregulated crèche provision.’.

 

Tim Loughton

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Andrew Selous

 

Miss Julie Kirkbride

 

Justine Greening

 

Not called  109

 

Clause  18,  page  9,  line  40,  at end insert ‘and is registered’.

 
 

S.C.D. Standing Committee Proceedings: 13th December 2005        

120

 

Childcare Bill, continued

 
 

Annette Brooke

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

Not called  281

 

 

Clause  18,  page  9,  line  40,  at end insert—

 

‘(g)    

any person not registered under sections 33 and 34 below.’.

 

Tim Loughton

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Andrew Selous

 

Miss Julie Kirkbride

 

Justine Greening

 

Not called  110

 

Clause  18,  page  10,  line  5,  after ‘hospital’, insert ‘or other medical establishment

 

providing clinical treatment or long term care’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Tim Loughton

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Andrew Selous

 

Miss Julie Kirkbride

 

Justine Greening

 

Not selected  240

 

Clause  19,  page  10,  line  20,  after ‘of “ ’, insert ‘baby and’.

 

Tim Loughton

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Andrew Selous

 

Miss Julie Kirkbride

 

Justine Greening

 

Withdrawn  241

 

Clause  19,  page  10,  line  21,  at beginning insert ‘(1)’.

 

Tim Loughton

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Andrew Selous

 

Miss Julie Kirkbride

 

Justine Greening

 

Not called  242

 

Clause  19,  page  10,  line  21,  leave out ‘young child’ and insert ‘baby’.

 

Tim Loughton

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Andrew Selous

 

Miss Julie Kirkbride

 

Justine Greening

 

Not called  278

 

Clause  19,  page  10,  line  25,  leave out ‘five’ and insert ‘two’.

 
 

S.C.D. Standing Committee Proceedings: 13th December 2005        

121

 

Childcare Bill, continued

 
 

Tim Loughton

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Andrew Selous

 

Miss Julie Kirkbride

 

Justine Greening

 

Not called  243

 

Clause  19,  page  10,  line  25,  at end insert—

 

‘(2)    

For the purposes of this Part and Part 3, a child is a “young child” during the

 

period—

 

(a)    

beginning immediately on the 1st September next following the date on

 

which he attains the age of two, and

 

(b)    

ending immediately after the 1st September next following the date on

 

which he attains the age of four.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clauses 20 and 21 Agreed to.

 

 

New Clause relating to Part 1

 

Appeals mechanism

 

Tim Loughton

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Andrew Selous

 

Miss Julie Kirkbride

 

Justine Greening

 

Not called  NC9

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘An English local authority must establish an appeals mechanism to enable

 

parents unable to access childcare under the terms set out in section 6 to require

 

the local authority to reassess the sufficiency of the provision of sufficiency.’.

 

 

Annette Brooke

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

Not selected  288

 

Clause  22,  page  11,  line  5,  leave out ‘, so far as is reasonably practicable.’.

 

Tim Loughton

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Andrew Selous

 

Miss Julie Kirkbride

 

Justine Greening

 

Not called  249

 

Clause  22,  page  11,  line  6,  after ‘of’, insert ‘good quality, accessible and

 

affordable’.

 
 

S.C.D. Standing Committee Proceedings: 13th December 2005        

122

 

Childcare Bill, continued

 
 

Tim Loughton

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Andrew Selous

 

Miss Julie Kirkbride

 

Justine Greening

 

Not called  250

 

Clause  22,  page  11,  line  6,  after ‘is’, insert ‘and remains’.

 

Annette Brooke

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

Not selected  299

 

Clause  22,  page  11,  line  7,  leave out ‘parents’ and insert ‘families’.

 

Tim Loughton

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Andrew Selous

 

Miss Julie Kirkbride

 

Justine Greening

 

Not called  251

 

Clause  22,  page  11,  line  9,  after ‘in’, insert ‘part or full time’.

 

Annette Brooke

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

Not selected  300

 

Clause  22,  page  11,  line  9,  after ‘in’, insert ‘part-time or full-time’.

 

Tim Loughton

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Andrew Selous

 

Miss Julie Kirkbride

 

Justine Greening

 

Not called  252

 

Clause  22,  page  11,  line  9,  after ‘work’, insert ‘or unpaid voluntary activity’.

 

Annette Williams

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

Not selected  301

 

Clause  22,  page  11,  line  10,  after ‘undertake’, insert ‘part-time or full-time’.

 

Tim Loughton

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Andrew Selous

 

Miss Julie Kirkbride

 

Justine Greening

 

Not called  253

 

Clause  22,  page  11,  line  11,  at end insert ‘or

 

(c)    

to assist with children with disabilities or other special needs.’.

 

Annette Brooke

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

Not selected  292

 

Clause  22,  page  11,  line  11,  at end insert ‘or,

 

(c)    

to sustain caring responsibilities.’.

 
 

S.C.D. Standing Committee Proceedings: 13th December 2005        

123

 

Childcare Bill, continued

 
 

Annette Brooke

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

Not selected  289

 

Clause  22,  page  11,  line  11,  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

to continue or start voluntary work.’.

 

Annette Brooke

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

Not selected  290

 

Clause  22,  page  11,  line  11,  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

to care for their spouse, partner or other member of their family.’.

 

Annette Brooke

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

Not selected  291

 

Clause  22,  page  11,  line  11,  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

to assist with children with disabilities or other special needs.’.

 

Tim Loughton

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Andrew Selous

 

Miss Julie Kirkbride

 

Justine Greening

 

Not called  254

 

Clause  22,  page  11,  line  13,  at end insert—

 

‘(aa)    

must actively monitor the demands from families to ensure that provision

 

is responsible to their needs.’.

 

Annette Brooke

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

Not selected  293

 

Clause  22,  page  11,  line  14,  leave out paragraph (a) and insert—

 

‘(a)    

must have regard to the needs of parents in their area—

 

(i)    

who are eligible for the childcare element of the working tax

 

credit,

 

(ii)    

who are eligible for the maximum entitlement to the child tax

 

credit,

 

(iii)    

for the provision of childcare which is sustainable for disabled

 

children and from black and minority ethnic communities, for

 

the provision of childcare involving the use of the Welsh

 

language,

 

(iv)    

for the provision of childcare involving the use of the Welsh

 

language,

 

(v)    

for the provision of the particular needs of childcare in rural

 

areas.’.

 

Tim Loughton

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Andrew Selous

 

Miss Julie Kirkbride

 

Justine Greening

 

Not selected  256

 

Clause  22,  page  11,  line  14,  at end insert—

 
 

S.C.D. Standing Committee Proceedings: 13th December 2005        

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Childcare Bill, continued

 
 

‘(i)    

the provision of childcare in respect of parents on lower incomes

 

in particular, such thresholds to be subject to annual review.’.

 

Tim Loughton

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Andrew Selous

 

Miss Julie Kirkbride

 

Justine Greening

 

Not called  255

 

Clause  22,  page  11,  line  15,  leave out sub-paragraph (i).

 

Annette Brooke

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

Withdrawn  294

 

Clause  22,  page  11,  line  20,  at end insert—

 

‘(iv)    

the particular needs of childcare in rural areas.’.

 

Tim Loughton

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Andrew Selous

 

Miss Julie Kirkbride

 

Justine Greening

 

Not selected  259

 

Clause  22,  page  11,  line  22,  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

must conduct, and take appropriate account of consultation with

 

stakeholders.’.

 

Tim Loughton

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Andrew Selous

 

Miss Julie Kirkbride

 

Justine Greening

 

Not selected  260

 

Clause  22,  page  11,  line  22,  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

must set up an appeals mechanism for parents unable to access childcare

 

under the terms set out in this section.’.

 

Tim Loughton

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Andrew Selous

 

Miss Julie Kirkbride

 

Justine Greening

 

Not called  261

 

Clause  22,  page  11,  line  22,  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

must have regard to existing childcare operated by private and voluntary

 

independent providers.’.

 
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