Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Bill [Lords] – in a Public Bill Committee am 5:45 pm ar 11 Gorffennaf 2006.
Parmjit Dhanda
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Children, Young People and Families), Department for Education and Skills
Clause 5 provides that regulated activity relating to children and vulnerable adults will be set out in schedule 3. Regulated activity is a key term in the Bill. It is activity that will be prohibited for an individual on a barred list. Broadly speaking, it represents work involving close contact with children or vulnerable adults.
The clause will allow the Secretary of State to amend the definition of “regulated activity” by order, providing the flexibility to respond to changes in the work force and in how services are provided. Clause 46(3) provides that any order made under clause 5(3) to vary the meaning of regulated activity must be subject to the affirmative resolution procedure. The definition is key to the scheme. I commend the clause to the Committee.
