Speeches by Chowns.

“I beg to move amendment 12, in clause 7, page 11, line 38, after “support” insert “and staying put support”. This amendment would include staying put support in the support provided by local authorities under this section and extend the provision of Staying Put for young people to the age of 25.”

“I fully appreciate what the Minister is saying regarding the way that the curriculum and so forth can be shaped to offer more support to children, a large number of whom will face some form of bereavement at some point. The point I would particularly like the Minister to take away and consider is how the network of sup…”

“I, too, welcome the extension of the role of virtual school heads outlined in this provision. I would like to ask the Minister whether she has, or will consider, the opportunity in clause 6 to consider children who have been recently bereaved or are facing bereavement, particularly of a parent or sibling, as a group th…”

“The amendment appears to have two parts. The first is the requirement to consider the welfare of others to whom the information may relate. That seems quite reasonable; however, the requirement to take steps to promote the welfare of potentially anybody to whom the information may relate seems to me very broad.”

“I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Ordered, That further consideration be now adjourned. —(Vicky Foxcroft.)”

“Will the Minister respond directly to the thrust of amendment 49? The Bill is shifting from a position where the consideration of family group decision making is already encouraged to a statutory requirement before starting care proceedings. Amendment 49 asks for a mirroring of that at the potential end of care proceed…”

“Professor Dawson, we have already touched on the issue of needing to protect existing infrastructure from that moving goalpost of the increasing problem of flooding. We also have an issue, which I think you have mentioned, about the new infrastructure we are building now. Are we making sure it is sufficiently flood res…”

“Professor Dawson, we have already touched on the issue of needing to protect existing infrastructure from that moving goalpost of the increasing problem of flooding. We also have an issue, which I think you have mentioned, about the new infrastructure we are building now. Are we making sure it is sufficiently flood res…”

“I cannot resist the temptation to chip in on this line of commentary, I suppose, because of two things that happen in my constituency, which is frequently subject to flooding. One is that, in order to get grants from the Government schemes, people have to demonstrate that they have applied every year for insurance and …”

“I cannot resist the temptation to chip in on this line of commentary, I suppose, because of two things that happen in my constituency, which is frequently subject to flooding. One is that, in order to get grants from the Government schemes, people have to demonstrate that they have applied every year for insurance and …”

“Q Or even beyond 21. Jacky Tiotto: Well, yes.”

“Q You have enthused about family group decision making. Do you think it would be useful at other stages in the process, particularly in approaching families for unification at the point of discharge for care leavers? Dr Homden: Yes, we would support that. We would also call for specific coverage in the statutory guidan…”

“Q You would like to see that too. Jacky Tiotto: Yes.”

“Q Because that is missing from this Bill. Jacky Tiotto: Yes, it is. I have worked with many children who are terrified of the cliff edge of 18; in fact, they start worrying about it at 16. It often blights the last few years of their care.”

“Q What would you like to see, ideally? Jacky Tiotto: The provision mandated to 21, everywhere. I will probably be shot for saying that—”

“Q And Staying Close? Jacky Tiotto: Again, another welcome introduction and formalisation. CAFCASS is involved with 25,000 children a year in public law proceedings. It would be nice if the drafters could require CAFCASS—at the end of proceedings, in its closing letter to the independent reviewing officer—to say, “We th…”

“Q To follow up a little, do you think the Bill does enough to centre the voices of children ? You have talked particularly about that in terms of family decision making, but are there other aspects of the Bill where you would like to see amendments made? Jacky Tiotto: Deprivation of liberty, definitely. May I say somet…”

“Q What about the idea of expanding Staying Put in addition to the expansion of Staying Close? Jacky Tiotto: All good. It is the same thing.”

“Q So you would like to see the Bill amended in that way? Lynn Perry: We would.”

“Could you elaborate on that? Julie McCulloch: Happily. We would like to see the expansion up to 18—at the moment, it goes up to only 16 —and we would like to see it expanded to all children in families receiving universal credit. Paul Whiteman: We are in a similar position. We absolutely accept the evidence that well-f…”