Part of Adoption and Children Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 6:45 pm ar 18 Rhagfyr 2001.
Jacqui Smith
Minister of State, Department of Health, Minister of State (Department of Health)
6:45,
18 Rhagfyr 2001
Amendment No. 201 removes subsection (4) of Clause 55, which provides for information about a child to be disclosed to prospective adopters if it has been prescribed for that purpose. The subsection is to be removed as a consequence of a new clause we have introduced specifically to deal with the passing on of information to prospective adopters. It is no longer required, due to the provisions that new clause 6 includes in the Bill.
Amendment No. 202 is a minor consequential amendment to remove from clause 56 the reference to clause 55(4). If amendment No. 201 is agreed to, that subsection will be omitted from clause 55. With that clear explanation, I hope that hon. Members will feel able to support the amendment.
Amendment agreed to.
Clause 55, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.
Further consideration adjourned.—[Jim Fitzpatrick.]
Adjourned accordingly at five minutes to Seven o'clock till Thursday 10 January at half-past Nine o'clock.
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A parliamentary bill is divided into sections called clauses.
Printed in the margin next to each clause is a brief explanatory `side-note' giving details of what the effect of the clause will be.
During the committee stage of a bill, MPs examine these clauses in detail and may introduce new clauses of their own or table amendments to the existing clauses.
When a bill becomes an Act of Parliament, clauses become known as sections.
