Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Bill [Lords]
10:30 am
Parmjit Dhanda (Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Children, Young People and Families), Department for Education and Skills; Gloucester, Labour)
I beg to move,
That—
(1) during proceedings on the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Bill [Lords], in addition to its first meeting at 10.30 a.m. on Tuesday 11th July, the Standing Committee shall meet at:
(a) 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday 11th July,
(b) 9.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. on Thursday 13th July;
(2) the Bill be considered in the following order, namely, Clause 1, Schedule 1, Clause 2, Schedule 2, Clauses 3 to 5, Schedule 3, Clauses 6 to 25, Schedule 4, Clauses 26 to 47, Schedules 5 and 6, Clauses 48 to 51, new Clauses, new Schedules, remaining proceedings on the Bill;
(3) proceedings on the Bill shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at 4.00 p.m. on Thursday 13th July.
I am delighted to serve under your chairmanship in my first Committee as Minister, Mr. Conway. I welcome Members from all sides. Many of us have met before on a number of occasions, even though I have not been in place for long, including not long ago on the Children and Adoption Bill.
I look forward to detailed scrutiny of what I accept is a technical and complex Bill. It has had good scrutiny in the Lords, and I am delighted that the finest Whips known to Parliament, on both sides of the House, have struck a good deal on the scrutiny that we may give it this week. I look forward to engaging with both Opposition parties and with Government Back Benchers today and on Thursday.
I shall not hold up events further as there is a lot to get through.