Debate on bill on Tuesday, 2 July 2013, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Nash. The answering member was Baroness Hughes of Stretford.

Children and Families Bill

Lords second reading. Agreed to on question. Bill committed to a Committee of the Whole House.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 746 cc1091-1201
Session: 2013-14
Department: Department for Education
Legislative stage: Second reading
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Related items: Children and Families Bill 2012-13 to 2013-14. Brought from the Commons.
Wednesday, 12 June 2013
Bills
House of Lords; Deposited Paper DEP2013-1300
Wednesday, 17 July 2013
Deposited papers
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions: Lord Nash | 746 cc1092-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is my great privilege to open the Second Reading debate of the Children and Families...; Baroness Hughes of Stretford | 746 cc1095-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank the Minister for his introduction to this important Children and Families Bill ...; Lord Storey | 746 cc1099-1102 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I welcome this much needed Bill. It brings together important proposals, making a big a...; Baroness Grey-Thompson | 746 cc1100-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I welcome the Children and Families Bill and the potential that it presents to provide ...; Bishop of Leicester | 746 cc1104-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, as other noble Lords have said, there is much to welcome in this Bill, especially the i...; Lord Lingfield | 746 cc1106-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, my comments today are concerned only with those aspects of the Bill, mainly in Part 3, ...; Baroness Massey of Darwen | 746 cc1108-1110 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the social reformer Gertrude Tuckwell, writing in 1894, said:
“Among the social q...; Baroness Hamwee | 746 cc1110-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, in what my noble friend Lord Storey called a “progressive and promising Bill”, I will l...; Lord Rix | 746 cc1112-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, last Wednesday the Minister discussed the Children and Families Bill at the weekly meet...; Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen | 746 cc1113-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, this Bill is large and comprehensive and, as such, it is a bit like the curate’s egg. I...; Lord Patel | 746 cc1115-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I wish to speak about Part 3, which is mainly concerned with the reform of special educ...; Baroness Perry of Southwark | 746 cc1117-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, in this debate many noble Lords have already put forward serious issues for the Ministe...; Baroness Morris of Yardley | 746 cc1119-1121 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I will address Part 3 principally in this debate on Second Reading. However, I acknowle...; Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 746 cc1121-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I, too, welcome the broad thrust of this Bill. It is a wide-ranging Bill with much in i...; Baroness Howarth of Breckland | 746 cc1123-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I say to the noble Lord, Lord Storey, that I hope that this is not the once-in-a-lifeti...; Lord Touhig | 746 cc1126-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, with some improvements, which I am sure will be proposed in Committee in your Lordships...; Lord Addington | 746 cc1127-1131 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, this is one of those debates in which you discover that you agree with most if not all ...; Lord Low of Dalston | 746 cc1131-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I too shall concentrate on Part 3 of the Bill. When the DfE published its Support and A...; Bishop of Truro | 746 cc1133-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I want to add my voice to the growing volume of Members of this House who are giving a ...; Baroness Drake | 746 cc1135-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I wish to focus my comments on friends and kinship care. As my noble friend Baroness Ma...; Baroness Richardson of Calow | 746 cc1136-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I shall confine my remarks to Part 3. I have a personal interest in this. Out of my nin...; Lord McColl of Dulwich | 746 cc1138-1141 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I begin by recording my admiration and appreciation for the work done by Dr Maggie Atki...; Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | 746 cc1141-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I shall speak to Parts 6 to 8 of the Bill, which we broadly welcome. These changes will...; Baroness Benjamin | 746 cc1143-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, we all agree that the Children and Families Bill is an important and welcome piece of l...; Earl of Listowel | 746 cc1145-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I too thank the Minister for introducing this Bill and welcome much of what it has to o...; Lord Patel of Bradford | 746 cc1147-1150 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the Bill has a number of very important measures, many of which are positive. However, ...; Lord Ramsbotham | 746 cc1150-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I welcome the Minister on his legislative debut, and say how much those of us who hope ...; Viscount Eccles | 746 cc1151-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, we have a lot of legislation and I am sure that much that is in the Bill is welcome, bu...; Baroness Wilkins | 746 cc1154-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I welcome the Government’s intention to reform the special educational needs system in ...; Baroness Tyler of Enfield | 746 cc1156-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I would like to add my strong support for the Bill. This piece of legislation represent...; Baroness Warnock | 746 cc1158-1160 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I shall confine myself to Part 3 of the Bill and certainly shall not cover everything. ...; Lord Judd | 746 cc1160-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, in the context of a debate such as this, it is as challenging and as important as ever ...; Baroness Young of Old Scone | 746 cc1162-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I was interested to hear how moved the Minister was by his visit yesterday. I now invit...; Baroness Lister of Burtersett | 746 cc1164-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, as other noble Lords have observed, there is much to welcome in this Bill, even if it h...; Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 746 cc1166-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, as the noble Baroness, Lady Benjamin, said, I think we are all agreed that this is a ve...; Lord Northbourne | 746 cc1168-1170 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, this is a good Bill. It addresses important failings in our current child support syste...; Baroness Eaton | 746 cc1169-1172 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I declare my interests as a vice-president of the Local Government Association and as a...; Lord Smith of Leigh | 746 cc1171-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, we are in the local government part of this debate, and like the noble Baroness, Lady E...; Baroness Brinton | 746 cc1173-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I support the Bill and particularly the core phrase of “support and aspirations” which ...; Baroness Young of Hornsey | 746 cc1176-1180 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the purpose of the Bill is to ensure that all our children have the best possible start...; Baroness Whitaker | 746 cc1180-1 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, in this Bill, which has many good things, I wish only to signal that where children wit...; Lord Condon | 746 cc1181-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I have a grandson who has special educational needs. He is statemented by his local aut...; Baroness Cumberlege | 746 cc1182-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the fact of life is that more than half the children born today are born to unmarried p...; Lord Knight of Weymouth | 746 cc1184-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, one of the joys of speaking towards the end of a long debate such as this is that most ...; Baroness Walmsley | 746 cc1186-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, when you are the 45th speaker in a debate, there is a strong temptation to just say, “I...; Baroness Butler-Sloss | 746 cc1188-1192 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am the very last Back-Bencher to speak today. I hope that I am not the least. I welco...; Lord Lucas | 746 cc1192-3 (Link to this contribution)
I am very grateful to the House for allowing me to speak in the gap. The noble and learned Barone...; Baroness Jones of Whitchurch | 746 cc1193-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am very grateful to all noble Lords who have contributed to this wide-ranging debate ...; Lord Nash | 746 cc1196-1202 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the debate this evening has been constructive and heartfelt, and I thank all noble Lord...
Subjects: Disability Disclosure of information Conditions of employment Children in care Childcare Adoption Appeals Carers Childminding Children's Commissioner for England Health Education Functions Flexible working Family proceedings Local government Parental leave Protection Parents Pay Paternity leave Special educational needs Young people Young offenders Antenatal care
Legislation: Children and Families Bill 2012-13 to 2013-14
Link: View this Parliamentary proceeding on www.publications.parliament.uk

Children and Families Bill

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