Part of Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill – in the House of Commons at 8:15 pm on 17 March 2025.
“(1) A relevant authority must have regard to any guidance given by the Secretary of State as to the performance of the duty under section (Corporate parenting responsibilities)(1).
(2) Guidance for the purposes of this section may in particular include guidance about—
(a) how the duty under section (Corporate parenting responsibilities)(1) applies in relation to a particular relevant authority or to relevant authorities of a particular description;
(b) outcomes which a relevant authority should seek to achieve in performing the duty.
(3) Before giving guidance, the Secretary of State must consult—
(a) those relevant authorities to which the guidance relates, and
(b) such other persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
(4) In this section, “relevant authority” has the same meaning as in section (Corporate parenting responsibilities).”— (Stephen Morgan.)
This new clause requires relevant authorities to have regard to guidance in relation to the corporate parenting duty under NC18. It also requires the Secretary of State to consult before giving any such guidance.
Brought up, read the First and Second time, and added to the Bill..
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Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
A parliamentary bill is divided into sections called clauses.
Printed in the margin next to each clause is a brief explanatory `side-note' giving details of what the effect of the clause will be.
During the committee stage of a bill, MPs examine these clauses in detail and may introduce new clauses of their own or table amendments to the existing clauses.
When a bill becomes an Act of Parliament, clauses become known as sections.
