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Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Bill [HL]

I have tabled Amendment No. 17 in this group. I agree with the vast majority of the remarks so ably made by the noble Lords, Lord Rix, Lord Harris and Lord Laming; however, my solution is slightly different. My amendment would ensure that the IBB considered the individual for inclusion on the other barred list, if it decided to put him or her on one list. I am constitutionally opposed to automatic inclusion, as will become clearer later. However, if the person’s case has been fully considered by the IBB, given the composition of the board and its expertise, if we have set it up correctly and given it appropriate powers, we ought to be able to trust it to do its job properly. I am not in favour of buying a dog and barking myself. My solution is to leave the matter to the expertise of the IBB but to ensure that each case of whether somebody going on one barred list should also go on the other should be considered, for all the good reasons so ably outlined.