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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 20 May 2025
Debate
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillContribution
3: Clause 1, page 1, line 9, leave out from “parents” to the end of line 10 and insert “and any other person with parental responsibility for the child, or the child, if they have reached the age of 16.”
Member’s explanatory statement
This amendment seeks to extend the right to Family Group Conferencing to children aged 16 and 17 so they are able to agree their own care plan.
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