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Children and Young Persons Bill [HL]

moved Amendment No. 61: 61: Clause 13, page 10, leave out lines 33 to 37 and insert— ““(b) a child who was looked after by a local authority but who has ceased to be looked after by them as a result of prescribed circumstances.”” The noble Lord said: It is necessary for me to move this government amendment to respond to the advice of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee of the House. The committee was concerned that Clause 13(1)(b) as originally drafted was not sufficiently specific and that its scope was wider than intended. Our policy intention in originally drafting Clause 13 was to ensure that local authorities remained in touch with children who were previously looked after by them, but who lost their looked-after status as a result of being sentenced to custody. The Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee did not consider that this intention had been properly reflected in the clause as drafted. Therefore, the amendment narrows the scope of the power so that it is more targeted, and limits the possibility of it being exercised in an unnecessarily intrusive way. I beg to move. On Question, Amendment agreed to.