Children and Families Bill — Report (2nd Day) — 17 Dec 2013 at 18:37

Amendment 15

Moved by Lord Northbourne

15: After Clause 11, insert the following new Clause-

“Children’s welfare: duties of parents

For the purposes of section 3(1) of the Children Act 1989, the duties of the parent to their child are-

(a) to safeguard and promote the child’s health, development and welfare;

(b) to provide in a manner appropriate to the age and development of the child-

(i) direction; and

(ii) guidance,

to the child;

(c) if the child is not living with the parent, to maintain personal relations and contact with the child on a regular basis,

but only in so far as compliance with this section is practicable and in the best interest of the child.”

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Party Summary

Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.

What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.

What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (Not-Content)Minority (Content)Turnout
Bishop0 29.1%
Con140 (+2 tell) 062.0%
Crossbench8 3321.5%
DUP0 125.0%
Green0 1100.0%
Independent Labour0 1100.0%
Judge0 320.0%
Lab0 149 (+2 tell)66.5%
LDem71 068.9%
PC0 150.0%
UUP1 1100.0%
Total:220 19252.2%

Rebel Voters - sorted by party

Lords for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party. You can see all votes in this division, or every eligible lord who could have voted in this division

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NamePartyVote
Lord Armstrong of IlminsterCrossbenchno
Viscount Brookeborough Crossbenchno
Baroness Butler-Sloss Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Greenway Crossbenchno
Baroness Howarth of BrecklandCrossbenchno
Lord Kakkar Crossbenchno
Lord Patel Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Stirrup Crossbench (front bench)no
Viscount Falkland LDemaye
Baroness Tonge LDemaye

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