Children and Adoption Bill [HL]

moved Amendment No. 71:"Page 6, line 5, at end insert—" ““(2)   The court shall ensure that the notice is sent in a form and language appropriate to the recipient.”””” The noble Baroness said: The reason for the amendment is to probe what the Government intend to do about the form of language of notices issued under this provision. The scope of the notices issued if the Bill were to become law would be considerably wider than those that have been issued in the past, so enforcement notices that dealt with matters such as fines or unpaid work, in addition to issues such as imprisonment or transfer of residence, are important. Sometimes people who are involved in such proceedings may be in a state of anxiety, which makes it difficult for them to approach information given to them, even in written form, in a calm and detached manner. Furthermore, it is not uncommon for people who have learning difficulties to be in that position. We wish to ask the Government, given the wider range of actions that they propose, what they will do to ensure that the form, content and language of such notices is suitable to recipients. I beg to move.