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Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

– in the House of Commons on 17 March 2025.

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  • [1st Allocated Day]

    Consideration of Bill, as amended in the Committee and the Public Bill Committee

  • New Clause 18 - Corporate parenting responsibilities (70 speeches)

    “(1) It is the duty of every relevant authority when exercising its functions— (a) to be alert to matters which adversely affect, or might adversely affect, the wellbeing of...

  • New Clause 19 - Cases in which duty under section (Corporate parenting responsibilities)(1)
  • does not apply

    “(1) The duty under section (Corporate parenting responsibilities)(1) does not apply in relation to the exercise of— (a) any function of the Secretary of State in relation to...

  • New Clause 20 - Corporate parenting duty: collaborative working

    “(1) Relevant authorities and local authorities in England must, so far as reasonably practicable, collaborate with each other when performing their corporate parenting duty where they...

  • New Clause 21 - Duty to have regard to guidance

    “(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)...

  • New Clause 22 - Reports by Secretary of State

    “(1) The Secretary of State must, after the end of each relevant three-year period, lay before Parliament a report on how the Secretary of State has performed the duty under section...

  • New Clause 36 - Action to promote children’s wellbeing in relation to mobile phones and social media

    “(1) Within 12 months of the passing of this Act, the Secretary of State must, for the purposes of promoting the wellbeing of children— (a) direct the Chief Medical Officers of the...

  • Clause 4 - Information sharing and consistent identifiers

    Amendments made: 111, page 6, line 21, leave out from “facilitate” to end of line 22 and insert— “(a) where the recipient is within subsection (4)(a) or (b), the exercise...

  • Clause 11 - Use of accommodation for deprivation of liberty

    Amendment made: 117, in clause 11, page 16, line 7, after “England” insert “or Wales”.—(Stephen Morgan.) This amendment ensures that the clause 11 amendments to...

  • Clause 12 - Powers of CIECSS in relation to parent undertakings

    Amendment proposed: 188, page 17, delete from line 21 to line 17 on page 21 and insert— “23A Requirement for inspection (1) The CIECSS may order an inspection of a parent undertaking,...

  • Clause 13 - Power of CIECSS to impose monetary penalties

    Amendment made: 118, page 23, line 3, at end insert— “(2) None of the provisions in or made by virtue of this section are to be read as requiring or authorising the processing of...

  • Clause 15 (1 speech)

    Power to limit profits of relevant providers Amendment proposed: 171, page 29, line 18, at end insert— “(c) independent schools with caring responsibilities and offering SEND...

  • Clause 18 - Information Sharing

    Amendments made: 119, in clause 18, page 34, line 37, at end insert— ‘(4A) The Secretary of State may provide financial oversight information to the Care Quality Commission for use in...

  • Clause 20 - Ill-treatment or wilful neglect: children aged 16 and 17

    Amendments made: 123, in clause 20, page 36, line 29, leave out “in England”. This amendment and amendments 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130 and 131 ensure that the clause 20...

  • New Schedule 1 - Relevant authorities
  • ‘Part 1 - List of relevant authorities

    1 The Secretary of State. 2 The Lord Chancellor. 3 (1) The governing body of a maintained school in England. (2) In sub-paragraph (1), “maintained school” has the meaning given by...

  • Part 2 - Power to modify Part 1

    (1) The Secretary of State may by regulations made by statutory instrument amend Part 1 of this Schedule by— (a) adding a person or description of persons, (b) removing an entry listed in...