Clause 6

Part of Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Bill [Lords] – in a Public Bill Committee am 9:00 am ar 13 Gorffennaf 2006.

Danfonwch hysbysiad imi am ddadleuon fel hyn

Photo of Derek Conway Derek Conway Ceidwadwyr, Old Bexley and Sidcup 9:00, 13 Gorffennaf 2006

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following amendments: No. 106, in Clause 11, page 7, line 3, after ‘check’, insert ‘, or

(b) he makes arrangements through direct payments or individual budgets for another person (P) to permit an individual (B) to engage in a regulated activity and does not—

(i) notify the individual (P) of the existence of the barred lists, and

(ii) offer to undertake an appropriate check on behalf of (P).’.

No. 107, in clause 16, page 10, line 34, after ‘body’, insert—

‘(4) If an offence under sections 9, 10 or 11 is committed by an individual acting on behalf of a body administering the provision of direct payments or individual budgets and is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to, neglect on the part of a designated responsible officer of the body, he (as well as the body) commits an offence.’.

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clause

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.