Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Bill [Lords] – in a Public Bill Committee at 3:15 pm on 13 July 2006.
Parmjit Dhanda
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Children, Young People and Families), Department for Education and Skills
I beg to move Amendment No. 172, in Clause 43, page 26, line 40, at end insert—
‘( ) This section does not apply to—
(a) the appointment of a person as a deputy under section 16(2)(b) of the Mental Capacity Act 2005;
(b) the appointment of a person to any position mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (f) of section 44(10) or to exercise any function mentioned in that paragraph;
(c) anything done by a person appointed as mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) above.’.
The amendment makes clear our intentions about family members who act as deputies on behalf of children or adults, and family members or friends who act on behalf of adults under lasting or enduring powers of attorney or who are DWP appointees charged with managing someone’s benefits or pension. Those who require such assistance are potentially at an increased risk of abuse, and it is therefore right that the individuals who provide those types of support should carry on regulated activity. People on the barred list should therefore be barred from such activities. That seems to be common sense.
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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.
As a bill passes through Parliament, MPs and peers may suggest amendments - or changes - which they believe will improve the quality of the legislation.
Many hundreds of amendments are proposed by members to major bills as they pass through committee stage, report stage and third reading in both Houses of Parliament.
In the end only a handful of amendments will be incorporated into any bill.
The Speaker - or the chairman in the case of standing committees - has the power to select which amendments should be debated.
