Children and Families Bill

Moved by

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

57BA: Before Clause 80, line 3, leave out “may” and...

My Lords, I shall speak also to my Amendments 61 and 57BB. I very much welcome Her Majesty’s Gove...

I have listened to the noble Lord very carefully and I cannot understand—perhaps he can explain i...

My Lords, a number of amendments have been grouped together. Some deal with standardised packagin...

The noble Lord said earlier in his speech that the principle of not legislating into private spac...

My Lords, they are two different issues. I certainly do not propose that we legislate in relation...

I am grateful to the noble Lord. Surely, my noble friend Lord Forsyth highlighted a very importan...

My Lords, I do not accept that. Clearly, in relation to a child travelling in a car we are going ...

I do not want to prolong the noble Lord’s speech; I am not making a debating point, but am genuin...

My Lords, I do not have evidence on the length of the average car journey, though clearly short a...

I wonder whether the noble Lord can help me. Does “private vehicle” in the amendment include a mo...

No, my Lords, I do not think that that is covered in my amendment—although, of course, it is open...

My Lords, the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, is compelling but fails to a...

Hear, hear.

I greeted that event with jubilation. I would not want that grandson to go through life having hi...

My Lords, I have put my name to Amendments 60 and 62. I will first address Amendment 60 on standa...

Would this amendment apply to open-topped cars such as sports cars where children would presumabl...

It is worth pointing out that the noble Lord, Lord Ribeiro, has already indicated that he will no...

I added my name to Amendments 57BB, 60 and 62 and will speak briefly to those, but I start by con...

My Lords, my name is also attached to Amendments 60 and 62. I will speak briefly to them and try ...

My Lords, I am delighted to take part in this debate. Before I start, I shall not miss this oppor...

My Lords, I begin by congratulating my noble friend Lord Howe on his amendment. I wholly support ...

My Lords, can I just ask the noble Lord about the whole of the child protection law as it stands ...

My Lords, that was really a speech rather than an intervention. There is all the difference in th...

Does not the noble Lord accept that, although there may be difficulties of enforcement, the very ...

No, frankly, I do not. I respect the noble Lord—he knows that—and we agree on many issues, but we...

My Lords, I shall be brief. I congratulate the Government on having listened about packaging of t...

My Lords, I ask noble Lords to consider the following points as we debate these amendments. More ...

My Lords, I very much support the aims behind Amendment 62, and indeed an awful lot of what the n...

My Lords, the greater majority of people live in smoke-free homes, not because of the law, but be...

My Lords, I want to make it clear that I have no interest to declare on this Bill. I have never s...

Does the noble Lord realise that if the Secretary of State makes regulations, they will have to b...

While it is true that there is an opportunity to debate a statutory instrument after the Statutor...

My Lords—

Let me just finish. Your Lordships know full well that there is absolutely no way that we may ame...

The figures on counterfeiting reached a peak in 2000 and have been steadily falling year by year....

My Lords, I would like to ask a short question.

My Lords, I remind noble Lords that we are on Report. Noble Lords have one opportunity to speak. ...

I reassure the House that I do not intend to speak for very much longer. I respond to the noble L...

My Lords, I apologise to the noble Baroness for intervening earlier. I wanted to ask a short and ...

My Lords, I want to speak to Amendments 57B and 62. First, on Amendment 57B, the Government are t...

The noble Lord has made an impassioned speech. My understanding was that the original cross-party...

I respect what the noble Lord says and thank him for it.

The Minister is a listening Minist...

My Lords, I wish to add a word on the amendment about smoking in cars when children are present. ...

My Lords, I think the score is about 10 or 11 to one in favour of the amendments. I will be the s...

Oh!

If we consider this in terms of the time given to the “fors” and the “againsts”, as I have alread...

My Lords, different views have been expressed by a number of noble Lords and I shall speak very b...

My Lords, this has been an important but very long debate. However, my name is attached to three ...

I have been thinking a lot during this debate. Is not the answer to make it obligatory for all ne...

That particular measure would not deal with the issue of prohibition, so I cannot see how it woul...

I know that people want to make progress, but just on this point about private space—where the no...

No, that is true. I know that the noble Lord is very exercised by these issues, and I respect his...

My Lords, this has been a fascinating and very helpful debate and I am very pleased with the supp...

I am most grateful to the noble Earl. Would he accept that my amendment has been drafted in a way...

I have noted the way the noble Lord’s amendment has been drafted. However, we need to be very car...

Can I just ask the noble Earl whether the police have a duty in respect of alcohol abuse and viol...

My Lords, the police obviously have public order responsibilities, which they can enforce—but not...

With the growing number of jurisdictions now adopting measures of the sort that are proposed in t...

I am coming in a minute to talk about consultation, which is one of the questions that my noble f...

Does the Minister not agree that the impact of the legislation prohibiting smoking in public plac...

I am the first to say that legislation passed by the previous Administration has had a marked and...

Moved by

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

57BB: Before Clause 80, insert the following new Cl...

My Lords, I beg to move.

Moved by

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

57BC: Before Clause 80, insert the following ne...

My Lords, the amendment is about the impact of the bedroom tax on children. I refer noble Lords t...

My Lords I support Amendment 57BC, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Whitchurch, to whi...

My Lords, obviously we should be supporting any family in the situation described by the noble Ba...

My Lords, as of August 2013, there were more than 235,000 children—nearly a quarter of a million ...

My Lords, briefly, I agree with everything that has been said. There is often criticism in my nat...

My Lords, briefly, I think that the Minister has a choice when he responds to the amendment, whic...

My Lords, as one would expect, this has been an interesting debate with some impassioned and impo...

My Lords, I very much thank all noble Lords who have spoken. I also thank the Minister. I welcome...