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Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Bill [HL]

My Lords, I welcome my noble friend’s statement, which is extremely helpful, and in particular that the Government will set out in the material that they produce a clear expectation on people who organise care under these circumstances. All along, I have sought to create a situation in which carers who are doing their best to look after their loved ones—as all of them will be—are not criminalised or put under unnecessary requirements, but given a piece of paper that enables them to go forward and require people to agree that their names be checked against the register. If the expectation is to be of that nature, what my noble friend announced is extremely welcome.