Clause 9
Children and Young Persons Bill [Lords]
4:45 pm
Greg Pope (Hyndburn, Labour)
With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: Amendment No. 8, in clause 9, page 7, line 38, leave out ‘to live together’ and insert
‘or siblings to be placed together and maintain that placement for as long as is reasonably practicable and in the interests of C’.
New clause 4—Sibling contact—
‘After section 34 of the 1989 Act insert—
“34A Sibling contact
(1) Where it is not consistent with the child’s welfare to be accommodated with a sibling, the local authority shall take all reasonable steps to ensure the child can maintain contact with his or her sibling on a regular basis.
(2) The local authority shall take all reasonable steps to ensure the child can maintain contact with any other siblings.
(3) Subsections (1) and (2) shall not apply if the child or the sibling objects to it and the authority is satisfied that the child or sibling has sufficient understanding to make an informed decision.”’.
New clause 30—Sibling contact (No. 2)—
‘(1) The 1989 Act is amended as follows.
(2) In section 34(1) after paragraph (a) insert—
“(aa) any sibling of his;”.
(3) In Schedule 2, paragraph 15(1) after paragraph (a) insert—
“(aa) any sibling of his;”’.