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HANSARDSixth-form Colleges: Pay AwardThe hon. Member for Luton North (Sarah Owen) has asked a very important question. The Government funded the pay award for schools and academised sixth-form colleges but, unlike…27 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance ContributionsThe decision not to compensate nurseries for the national insurance increase has already pushed providers “to the brink”, according to the Early Years Alliance, and many in…27 Jan 2025HANSARDApprenticeshipsThe Government have said in answer to written questions that they have a forecast for the number of apprenticeships but that they will not publish it for Members to see, which is…27 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Third sitting)Members will know that we are extremely supportive of this principle and agenda. We generally welcome the clause and think it is sensible, but we of course have questions, and we…23 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Third sitting)I beg to move amendment 19, in clause 3, page 5, line 3, at end insert— “16EC Report on work and impact of multi-agency child protection teams (1) The Secretary of State must…23 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Third sitting)I have nothing to say about these amendments. I will reserve my comments for our amendment, which is in a different group. I completely understand what the Minister is doing.…23 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Third sitting)The Opposition do not have amendments to this clause, but we do have some questions. This change is generally a very good idea and we welcome it. I have sat where the Minister is…23 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Third sitting)Thank you, Sir Christopher. I will include it here—I just wanted to double-check. Although I have asked lots of questions about it, we totally agree with the spirit of the clause.…23 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Third sitting)I thank the hon. Member for the intervention. A lot of us will have seen such situations where there is not a minute to lose. To complete my sentence, the woman was about to…23 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Third sitting)I know that the Minister is trying to get us the impact assessments and is completely sincere about that. Will she undertake to get them while we are still in Committee?23 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Third sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher. As this is the first amendment on the first day of our line-by-line consideration, I will briefly say that…23 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Fourth sitting)I rise to speak to clause 5 and amendment 22. The previous Government were promoting kinship care and there is no great disagreement about it; in fact, there is great agreement,…23 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Fourth sitting)The Family Rights Group raised a specific point. It would effectively like to add another item to the list on page 9, line 17 of the Bill, which currently states that the list of…23 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Fourth sitting)My right hon. Friend asks a really good question, and I intervene to sharpen that further. He asks whether the new teams are displacing or replacing the MASHs. Does the Government…23 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Fourth sitting)I have already talked about our general support for clause 3, as well as some of the issues around the geography, content and cast lists of the teams, which brings me on to…23 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Third sitting)I will give way; I have finally managed to get my train of thought in order again.23 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Fourth sitting)I beg to move amendment 20, in clause 4, page 6, line 33, at end insert— “(4A) Where the relevant person considers that the disclosure would be more detrimental to the child than…23 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Third sitting)Yes, Sir Christopher. Amendment proposed : 18, in clause 1, page 2, line 26, at end insert— “(10) Nothing in this section permits an extension to the 26-week limit for care…23 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Fourth sitting)I agree with everything the Minister is saying—it all sounds very sensible. She may be coming to this, but on this point about where MASHs already exist, do these new teams…23 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Fourth sitting)I have already asked most of my questions, but I want to add some simple ones to those. First, I may have missed this in the conversation, but is the intent that the system will…23 Jan 2025