Part of Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Committee (3rd Day) – in the House of Lords at 7:30 pm on 9 June 2025.
Moved by Lord Watson of Invergowrie
69AB: After Clause 4, insert the following new Clause—“Parent-equivalent care by local authoritiesIn section 22 of the Children Act 1989 (general duty of local authority in relation to children looked after by them), after subsection (3)(a) insert—“(aa) to provide care as would be reasonable to expect a parent to give to them; and””Member's explanatory statementThis amendment seeks to ensure that the nature and level of parental care expected for children within their own families also applies to corporate parents and to the children’s care system. It replaces amendment 146A.
