Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Bill [HL]

moved Amendment No. 61:"Page 41, line 35, at end insert—" ““ (5A) The exercise of a function of— (a) the Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection, or (b) the National Assembly for Wales, so far as it relates to the inspection of an establishment, agency or body falling within sub-paragraph (5B) is a regulated activity relating to children. (5B) An establishment, agency or body falls within this sub-paragraph if it is— (a) an establishment in relation to which a requirement to register arises under section 11 of the Care Standards Act 2000, (b) an agency in relation to which such a requirement arises, or (c) an NHS body within the meaning of section 148 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003, and it provides any form of treatment or therapy for children.”” The noble Lord said: In moving Amendment No. 61, I shall speak also to Amendments Nos. 62, 65, 66, 67, 160, 172 and 173. These are minor amendments to refine the coverage of the Bill. I mentioned them in my letter of 25 April to the noble Baroness, Lady Buscombe. Amendment No. 61 is intended to improve the consistency between regulated activity relating to children and regulated activity relating to vulnerable adults. As the Bill is currently drafted, an individual on the vulnerable adults’ barred list would not be able to be an inspector of healthcare settings, while a person on the children’s barred list would be able to be an inspector. This anomaly is corrected by the amendment. I turn to Amendment No. 65. Where a person is self-employed and they are principally training, supervising children or otherwise engaged in an activity providing close contact with a child under the age of 16 in the course of that child’s employment, they will be covered by the provisions of the scheme. Amendment No. 66 makes it clear that the bar applies and the requirement to check applies to all individuals who have frequent opportunities for contact or who engage in close contact with children in key children’s settings, including all providers of nursery education, whether or not they are required to register under the Childcare Bill. Amendment No. 172 is intended to ensure that the definition of educational institutions includes those providers of initial teacher training courses that may not otherwise be educational institutions in the ordinary sense of the term. Amendment No. 173 rectifies a drafting error in Clause 44. The current definition of ““personnel supplier”” makes reference to ““B”” when there is in fact no previous definition of ““B””. The purpose of the amendment is to ensure that those educational institutions that supply individuals with the purpose of enabling them to experience regulated activity, such as supplying trainee teachers to schools, should be covered by the definition of ““personnel suppliers”” in the Bill. Perhaps I may point out to the Committee that at this point I do not intend to move Amendments Nos. 160 and 161, which make reference to Wales. I beg to move. On Question, amendment agreed to.