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S.C.B.  Standing Committee Proceedings: 13th July 2006            

297

 

Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Bill[ [], continued

 
 

Mr Parmjit Dhanda

 

Agreed to  167

 

Clause  31,  page  20,  line  30,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

For the purposes of subsection (2)(b) or (6)(a), conduct is inappropriate if it

 

appears to the local authority to be inappropriate having regard to the guidance

 

issued by the Secretary of State under paragraph 4(4) or 9(4) of Schedule 2.’.

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Tim Loughton

 

Anne Main

 

Mr Rob Wilson

 

Not called  37

 

Clause  31,  page  20,  line  32,  at end add—

 

‘(8)    

In this section—

 

“harm” means ill-treatment or the impairment of health or development

 

including, for example, impairment suffered from seeing or hearing the ill-

 

treatment of another;

 

“development” means physical, intellectual, emotional, social or behavioural

 

development;

 

“health” means physical or mental health; and

 

“ill-treatment” includes sexual abuse and forms of ill-treatment which are not

 

physical.’.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 


 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Tim Loughton

 

Anne Main

 

Mr Rob Wilson

 

Not called  80

 

Clause  32,  page  20,  line  37,  leave out ‘thinks’ and insert ‘believes’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Tim Loughton

 

Anne Main

 

Mr Rob Wilson

 

Not called  81

 

Clause  33,  page  21,  line  6,  leave out ‘thinks’ and insert ‘has reason to suspect’.

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Tim Loughton

 

Anne Main

 

Mr Rob Wilson

 

Not called  38

 

Clause  33,  page  21,  line  12,  after ‘is’, insert ‘that there are reasonable grounds to

 

suspect’.


 
 

S.C.B.  Standing Committee Proceedings: 13th July 2006            

298

 

Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Bill[ [], continued

 
 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Tim Loughton

 

Anne Main

 

Mr Rob Wilson

 

Not called  82

 

Clause  33,  page  21,  line  18,  leave out ‘thinks’ and insert ‘has reason to suspect’.

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Tim Loughton

 

Anne Main

 

Mr Rob Wilson

 

Not called  83

 

Clause  33,  page  21,  line  28,  leave out ‘thinks’ and insert ‘has reason to suspect’.

 

Mr Parmjit Dhanda

 

Agreed to  168

 

Clause  33,  page  21,  line  31,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

For the purposes of subsection (2)(b) or (6)(a), conduct is inappropriate if it

 

appears to the keeper to be inappropriate having regard to the guidance issued by

 

the Secretary of State under paragraph 4(4) or 9(4) of Schedule 2.’.

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Tim Loughton

 

Anne Main

 

Mr Rob Wilson

 

Not called  39

 

Clause  33,  page  21,  line  33,  at end add—

 

‘(8)    

In this section—

 

“harm” means ill-treatment or the impairment of health or development

 

including, for example, impairment suffered from seeing or hearing the ill-

 

treatment of another;

 

“development” means physical, intellectual, emotional, social or behavioural

 

development;

 

“health” means physical or mental health; and

 

“ill-treatment” includes sexual abuse and forms of ill-treatment which are not

 

physical.’.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 

Clause 34 Agreed to.

 


 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Tim Loughton

 

Anne Main

 

Mr Rob Wilson

 

Not called  84

 

Clause  35,  page  22,  line  4,  leave out ‘thinks’ and insert ‘has reason to suspect’.


 
 

S.C.B.  Standing Committee Proceedings: 13th July 2006            

299

 

Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Bill[ [], continued

 
 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Tim Loughton

 

Anne Main

 

Mr Rob Wilson

 

Not called  85

 

Clause  35,  page  22,  line  17,  leave out ‘thinks’ and insert ‘has reason to suspect’.

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Tim Loughton

 

Mr Rob Wilson

 

Anne Main

 

Mr David Evennett

 

Withdrawn  194

 

Clause  35,  page  23,  line  35,  leave out subsection (7) and insert—

 

‘(7)    

A person is subject to a relevant disqualification if—

 

(a)    

he is included in a list maintained under the law of Scotland, Northern

 

Ireland, or any other country or territory which the Secretary of State

 

specifies by order, approved by resolution of both Houses of Parliament,

 

as corresponding to a barred list; or

 

(b)    

he has been charged or convicted of a criminal offence in a country other

 

than the United Kingdom which, if committed in the United Kingdom,

 

would have led to him being barred or considered for barring.’.

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Tim Loughton

 

Mr Rob Wilson

 

Anne Main

 

Mr David Evennett

 

Not called  195

 

Clause  35,  page  23,  line  37,  at end insert—

 

‘(7A)    

A person is subject to a relevant disqualification if he is included in a list

 

maintained under the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom

 

which the Secretary of State specifies by order, approved by a resolution of both

 

Houses of Parliament, as corresponding to a barred list.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Tim Loughton

 

Anne Main

 

Mr Rob Wilson

 

Not called  86

 

Clause  36,  page  24,  line  7,  leave out ‘thinks’ and insert ‘has reason to suspect’.

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Tim Loughton

 

Anne Main

 

Mr Rob Wilson

 

Not called  40

 

Clause  36,  page  24,  line  14,  after ‘is’, insert ‘that there are reasonable grounds to

 

suspect’.


 
 

S.C.B.  Standing Committee Proceedings: 13th July 2006            

300

 

Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Bill[ [], continued

 
 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Tim Loughton

 

Anne Main

 

Mr Rob Wilson

 

Not called  87

 

Clause  36,  page  24,  line  20,  leave out ‘thinks’ and insert ‘has reason to suspect’.

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Tim Loughton

 

Anne Main

 

Mr Rob Wilson

 

Not called  88

 

Clause  36,  page  24,  line  28,  leave out ‘thinks’ and insert ‘has reason to suspect’.

 

Mr Parmjit Dhanda

 

Agreed to  169

 

Clause  36,  page  24,  line  31,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

Subsection (1) does not apply if the supervisory authority is satisfied that IBB

 

already has the information.’.

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Tim Loughton

 

Anne Main

 

Mr Rob Wilson

 

Not called  41

 

Clause  36,  page  25,  line  5,  at end add—

 

‘(9)    

In this section—

 

“harm” means ill-treatment or the impairment of health or development

 

including, for example, impairment suffered from seeing or hearing the ill-

 

treatment of another;

 

“development” means physical, intellectual, emotional, social or behavioural

 

development;

 

“health” means physical or mental health; and

 

“ill-treatment” includes sexual abuse and forms of ill-treatment which are not

 

physical.’.

 

Mr Parmjit Dhanda

 

Agreed to  170

 

Clause  36,  page  25,  line  5,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

For the purposes of subsection (2)(b) or (5)(a), conduct is inappropriate if it

 

appears to the supervisory authority to be inappropriate having regard to the

 

guidance issued by the Secretary of State under paragraph 4(4) or 9(4) of

 

Schedule 2.’.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 



 
 

S.C.B.  Standing Committee Proceedings: 13th July 2006            

301

 

Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Bill[ [], continued

 
 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Tim Loughton

 

Anne Main

 

Mr Rob Wilson

 

Not called  89

 

Clause  37,  page  25,  line  9,  leave out ‘thinks’ and insert ‘has reason to suspect’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clause 38 Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Parmjit Dhanda

 

Agreed to  171

 

Clause  39,  page  25,  line  36,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

The Secretary of State may provide that in prescribed circumstances the

 

following paragraphs apply in place of section 11(9)(a) and (b)—

 

“(a)    

in the prescribed period he obtains the information in the

 

prescribed manner, and

 

(b)    

in that period he takes the prescribed steps to have an enhanced

 

criminal record certificate relating to the individual issued in

 

relation to him under section 113B of the Police Act 1997.”

 

( )    

The Secretary of State may provide that in prescribed circumstances the

 

following paragraphs apply in place of section 13(3)(a) and (b)—

 

“(a)    

in the prescribed period he obtains the relevant information

 

(within the meaning of Schedule 4) relating to B in the prescribed

 

manner, and

 

(b)    

in that period he takes the prescribed steps to have an enhanced

 

criminal record certificate relating to B issued in relation to the

 

personnel supplier under section 113B of the Police Act 1997.”’.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 

Clauses 40 and 41 Agreed to.

 


 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Tim Loughton

 

Anne Main

 

Mr Rob Wilson

 

Withdrawn  4

 

Clause  42,  page  26,  line  19,  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

Subsection (1) shall not apply if it can be proven that there is an error on the

 

barred list.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 



 
 

S.C.B.  Standing Committee Proceedings: 13th July 2006            

302

 

Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Bill[ [], continued

 
 

Mr Parmjit Dhanda

 

Agreed to  172

 

Clause  43,  page  26,  line  40,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

This section does not apply to—

 

(a)    

the appointment of a person as a deputy under section 16(2)(b) of the

 

Mental Capacity Act 2005;

 

(b)    

the appointment of a person to any position mentioned in paragraph (a),

 

(b) or (f) of section 44(10) or to exercise any function mentioned in that

 

paragraph;

 

(c)    

anything done by a person appointed as mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b)

 

above.’.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Parmjit Dhanda

 

Agreed to  173

 

Clause  44,  page  28,  line  16,  at end insert ‘in receipt of residential accommodation

 

pursuant to arrangements made under section 21(1)(aa) of the National Assistance Act

 

1948 or care pursuant to paragraph 1 of Schedule 8 to the National Health Service Act

 

1977’.

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Tim Loughton

 

Anne Main

 

Mr Rob Wilson

 

Not called  57

 

Clause  44,  page  28,  line  16,  leave out paragraph (d).

 

Mr Parmjit Dhanda

 

Agreed to  174

 

Clause  44,  page  28,  line  35,  leave out from ‘section’ to the first ‘are’ in line 36 and

 

insert ‘248 of the National Health Service Act 2006 or section 187 of the National Health

 

Service (Wales) Act 2006)’.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 

Clause 45 Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Parmjit Dhanda

 

Agreed to  175

 

Clause  46,  page  29,  line  30,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

by order under section 14(3B)(b),’.

 

Mr Parmjit Dhanda

 

Agreed to  176

 

Clause  46,  page  29,  line  30,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

by order under section 18(8),


 
 

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Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Bill[ [], continued

 
 

( )    

in regulations under section 19(4)(f),’.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 

Clause 47 Agreed to.

 

Schedules 5 and 6 Agreed to.

 

Clauses 48 to 50 Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Parmjit Dhanda

 

Agreed to  177

 

Clause  51,  page  30,  line  29,  leave out subsection (2).

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 


 

New ClauseS

 

Information sharing protocol

 

Annette Brooke

 

Sarah Teather

 

Withdrawn  NC1

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

The Secretary of State shall issue guidance on information sharing arrangements

 

between police forces and local authorities for the purposes of the protection of

 

children and vulnerable adults under this Act.’.

 


 

Power of other organisations to refer to IBB

 

Annette Brooke

 

Sarah Teather

 

Withdrawn  nc2

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

Any organisation may provide IBB with any prescribed information they hold

 

relating to a person if the first and second conditions are satisfied.

 

(2)    

The first condition is that the organisation thinks—

 

(a)    

that paragraph (1), (2), (6) or (7) of Schedule 2 applies to the person,

 

(b)    

that the person has engaged in relevant conduct (within the meaning of

 

paragraph (4) or (9) of Schedule 2) occurring after the commencement of

 

this section, or

 

(c)    

that the harm test is satisfied.


 
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