Clause 40 - Care workers: sexual activity with a person with a mental disorder or learning disability
Sexual Offences Bill [Lords]
5:00 pm
Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet, Conservative)
With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:
Amendment No. 146, in
clause 40, page 20, line 44, at end insert—
'(5) A person is not guilty of an offence under this section if—
(a) the touching was for the purpose of sex education;
(b) B is a person with profound or multiple disabilities such that he requires intensive and intimate support to understand or receive sex education;
(c) there is no alternative means of delivering this sex education because of B's disability and
(d) the education is carried out by qualified specialists or by staff who have received training to meet the specific needs of B'.
Amendment No. 186, in
clause 41, page 21, line 9, at end insert—
'( ) A person is not guilty of an offence under this section if:
(a) A's action was for the purpose of sex education and,
(b) B is a person with profound and multiple disabilities such that they require intensive and intimate support to understand and receive sex education, and
(c) there is no alternative means of delivering this sex education because of the nature of B's disability, and
(d) the education is carried out by qualified specialists or by staff who have received training to meet the specific needs of B, and
(e) the decision to provide such sex education has been recommended by a multidisciplinary agency.'.
Amendment No. 147, in
clause 41, page 21, line 30, at end insert—
'(5) A person is not guilty of an offence under this section if—
(a) the touching was for the purpose of sex education;
(b) B is a person with profound or multiple disabilities such that he requires intensive or intimate support to understand and receive sex education;
(c) there is no alternative means of delivering this sex education because of B's disability and
(d) the education is carried out by qualified specialists or by staff who have received training to meet the specific needs of B'.