Previously called Standing Committees, Public Bill Commitees study proposed legislation (Bills) in detail, debating each clause and reporting any amendments to the Commons for further debate.
There are at least 16 MPs on a Committee, and the proportion of parties reflects the House of Commons, so the government always has a majority.
[Mr. Jimmy Hood in the Chair]
I beg to move amendment No. 41, in clause 9, page 13, line 29, at end insert— ‘(c)prescribed organisations involved in adoption.’.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move amendment No. 5, in page 16, line 19, after ‘applies’, insert ‘and in doing so must have regard to the financial circumstances of the prospective adopter’.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
[Mr. Mike Hancock in the Chair]
I beg to move amendment No. 46, in clause 1, page 1, line 15, leave out ‘promotes contact with the child concerned’ and insert ‘directly promotes reasonable contact with the...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
[Mr. Mike Hancock in the Chair]
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move amendment No. 34, in clause 4, page 7, line 22, at end insert— ‘(3A)In deciding whether a person had reasonable excuse for failing to comply with a contact order, the...
[Mr. Mike Hancock in the Chair]
Amendment proposed [this day]: No. 49, in page 7, line 25, at end insert— ‘(4A)When considering whether to make an enforcement order, the Court shall have regard to the principle...
Question proposed, That this schedule be the First schedule to the Bill.
I beg to move amendment No. 50, in page 10, line 7, after ‘suffered’, insert ‘significant’.
[Mr. Jimmy Hood in the Chair]
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move amendment No. 45, in clause 7, page 12, line 14, leave out ‘cause’ and insert ‘reasonable grounds’.
Question proposed, That this schedule be the Third schedule to the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move amendment No. 9, in clause 17, page 17, line 36, leave out ‘Children and’ and insert ‘Child Contact and Intercountry’. We now come to the heart and kernel of...
‘After section 1(3)(g) of the Children Act 1989 (c. 41) insert— “(ga)the desirability of contact between the child and his extended family in the absence of good reason to the...
‘(1)The Lord Chancellor shall run a pilot scheme better to protect the post-divorce and post-separation family ties of children by providing for intervention before the court makes a...
[Mr. Jimmy Hood in the Chair]
‘After section 11P of the Children Act 1989 insert— “11QCompensatory contact (1)This section applies if a contact order with respect to a child has been made. (2)If the court is...
‘After section 1(1) of the Children Act 1989 (c. 41) insert— “(1A)In respect of subsection (1)(a) the court shall, unless a contrary reason be shown, act on the presumption that...
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