The House met at Eleven o'Clock

[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]

Not amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.

11.5 a.m.

(Changed from ADOPTION BILL)

• New Clause. — (Rights of Inheritance of an Adopted Child.)

  7 speeches

  When an adoption order has been made in respect of any infant by a competent court under the provisions of this Act, or of the principal Act, such infant shall be entitled to the same rights of...

New Clause. — (Removal of Infants on Refusal of Adoption Order.)

4 speeches

Where any person applies to the court for an adoption order under the principal Act and the application is refused, then, if the infant in respect of whom the application is made is in the care...

Clause 3. — (Consent to Adoption.)

17 speeches

I beg to move, in page 2, line 9, at the end, to insert: or, in the case of an infant committed to or received into the care of a local authority by virtue of the provisions of the Children and...

Clause 5. — (Probationary Period.)

28 speeches

I beg to move in page 2, line 41, at the end, to insert: (a) the infant has been for not less than six weeks in the care and possession of an adoption society or of a children's committee of a...

Clause 6. — (Arrangements Made by Adoption Societies.)

2 speeches

I beg to move, in page 3, line 24, at the end, to insert: (2) So much of subsection (2) of the said section six as prohibits the making of an application for an adoption order in respect of a...

Clause 10. — (Other Effects of Adoption Order.)

2 speeches

I beg to move, in page 5, line 14, at the end, to insert: Provided that where the infant is adopted by his mother, and the mother is a single woman, the order or agreement shall not cease to have...

Clause 11. — (Registration of Adoption Orders.)

6 speeches

I beg to move, in page 6, line 21, to leave out "and any copy of an entry," and to insert: (6) Where the Registrar General is notified by the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages in...

Clause 13. — (Interpretation and Construction.)

2 speeches

I beg to move, in page 7, line 25, at the end, to insert: 'compulsory school age' has the same meaning as in the Education Act, 1944.(2) Any reference in this Act to any enactment shall be...

Clause 14. — (Application to Scotland.)

11 speeches

Amendment made: In page 7, line 42, after "child" insert: for references to 'compulsory school age' and to 'the Education Act, 1944' there shall be substituted references to 'school age' and to...

As amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.

• New Clause. — (Continuance of Payments for Maintenance of Children in Certain Cases.)

  2 speeches

  (1) The power of the court to vary an order made by virtue of section one of the Married Women (Maintenance) Act, 1920, shall, notwithstanding anything in that section, include power to vary the...

New Clause. — (Appeals.)

2 speeches

(1) An appeal shall lie to the court of quarter sessions in manner provided by the Summary Jurisdiction Acts from any order made by a court of summary jurisdiction under the Summary Jurisdiction...

New Clause. — (Duties of Collecting Officer in Respect of Enforcement of Maintenance Orders.)

10 speeches

(1) Where an order made under the Summary Jurisdiction (Married Women) Act, 1895, or under section five of the Licensing Act, 1902, requires that any weekly sum payable to or on behalf of a...

New Clause. — (Extension of Finance Act, 1944, S. 25.)

13 speeches

(1) In relation to payments pursuant to any order made in accordance with paragraph (c) of section five of the Summary Jurisdiction (Married Women) Act, 1895, or section one of the Married Women...

(Changed from BAITING OF ANIMALS BILL)

• Clause 1. — (Possession of Animals and Appliances for Use in Fighting or Baiting Rendered Unlawful.)

  9 speeches

  2.15 p.m.

Adjournment

Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Bowden.]