Part of Children and Adoption Bill [Lords] – in a Public Bill Committee am 9:30 am ar 16 Mawrth 2006.
I am tempted to call “Bingo”, given the number of different amendments and new clauses that we are lumping together at this point. They are on a general theme. As I suggested in our proceedings on Tuesday, this group deals with many of the principles at the heart of the Bill with which we argue.
The initial point about clause 4, which relates to enforcement orders, is that it is slightly bizarre that, rather than seeking to make the system for contact work, because as we know it does not in too many cases, the Government are seeking to introduce punitive sanctions for its not working.