May I be the first from the Conservative Benches warmly to congratulate the hon. Lady on her deserved elevation? It is good to know that a long period of labour in the Back-Bench vineyard has received its just reward.
In welcoming the thrust of new clause 19, may I gently say that it is not entirely clear to me—I do not mean to be pedantic; this is a serious point—why subsection (4), in contrast with subsection (1), says that the services ““may”” include the three categories set out? If the concept of the core offer to be applied universally is in ministerial minds, might it not be a good idea for the new clause to say not that the services ““may”” include those categories, but that they ““shall”” include them? That is a minor point, however; I wish the new clause and the hon. Lady well.
Children and Young Persons Bill [Lords]
Proceeding contribution from
John Bercow
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 8 October 2008.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Children and Young Persons Bill [Lords].
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