Public Bill Committees
Children and Adoption Bill

• Children and Adoption Bill [Lords], 1st sitting (10 speeches)
  [Mr. Jimmy Hood in the Chair]
  • Clause 9 - Declaration of special restrictions on adoptions from abroad (27 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 41, in clause 9, page 13, line 29, at end insert— ‘(c)prescribed organisations involved in adoption.’.
  • Clause 10 - Review (2 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 11 - The special restrictions (3 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 12 - Imposition of extra conditions in certain cases (8 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 13 - Power to charge (19 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 5, in page 16, line 19, after ‘applies’, insert ‘and in doing so must have regard to the financial circumstances of the prospective adopter’.
  • Clause 14 - Other amendments relating to adoptions from abroad (3 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
• Children and Adoption Bill [Lords], 2nd sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. Mike Hancock in the Chair]
  • Clause 1 - Contact activity directions and conditions (93 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 46, in clause 1, page 1, line 15, leave out ‘promotes contact with the child concerned’ and insert ‘directly promotes reasonable contact with the...
  • Clause 2 - Monitoring contact (15 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
• Children and Adoption Bill [Lords], 3rd sitting (4 speeches)
  [Mr. Mike Hancock in the Chair]
  • Clause 3 - Contact orders: warning notices (3 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 4 - Enforcement orders (46 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 34, in clause 4, page 7, line 22, at end insert— ‘(3A)In deciding whether a person had reasonable excuse for failing to comply with a contact order, the...
• Children and Adoption Bill [Lords], 4th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. Mike Hancock in the Chair]
  • Clause 4 - Enforcement orders (84 speeches)
    Amendment proposed [this day]: No. 49, in page 7, line 25, at end insert— ‘(4A)When considering whether to make an enforcement order, the Court shall have regard to the principle...
  • Schedule 1 - Enforcement orders (4 speeches)
    Question proposed, That this schedule be the First schedule to the Bill.
  • Clause 5 - Compensation for financial loss (12 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 50, in page 10, line 7, after ‘suffered’, insert ‘significant’.
• Children and Adoption Bill [Lords], 5th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. Jimmy Hood in the Chair]
  • Clause 6 - Provision as to family assistance orders (4 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 7 - Risk assessments (30 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 45, in clause 7, page 12, line 14, leave out ‘cause’ and insert ‘reasonable grounds’.
  • Schedule 3 - Repeals (3 speeches)
    Question proposed, That this schedule be the Third schedule to the Bill.
  • Clause 16 - Regulations and orders (2 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 17 - Short title, commencement and extent (6 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 9, in clause 17, page 17, line 36, leave out ‘Children and’ and insert ‘Child Contact and Intercountry’. We now come to the heart and kernel of...
  • New Clause 1 - Extended family: welfare checklist (11 speeches)
    ‘After section 1(3)(g) of the Children Act 1989 (c. 41) insert— “(ga)the desirability of contact between the child and his extended family in the absence of good reason to the...
  • New Clause 3 - Pilot scheme on early intervention (9 speeches)
    ‘(1)The Lord Chancellor shall run a pilot scheme better to protect the post-divorce and post-separation family ties of children by providing for intervention before the court makes a...
• Children and Adoption Bill [Lords], 6th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. Jimmy Hood in the Chair]
  • New Clause 6 - Compensatory contact (15 speeches)
    ‘After section 11P of the Children Act 1989 insert— “11QCompensatory contact (1)This section applies if a contact order with respect to a child has been made. (2)If the court is...
  • New Clause 8 - Presumption in favour of co-parenting (3 speeches)
    ‘After section 1(1) of the Children Act 1989 (c. 41) insert— “(1A)In respect of subsection (1)(a) the court shall, unless a contrary reason be shown, act on the presumption that...