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Proceeding contribution from William Cash (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 23 February 2010. It occurred during Debate on bill on Children, Schools and Families Bill.

Children, Schools and Families Bill

I am grateful to the Secretary of State for his clear exposition of where he stands. However, this question still remains: would he prefer simply to use the term "parent/step-parent", for example, or perhaps include "grandparent", and leave it at that? It may be that he and I would not agree even on that, but at least it would remove a lot of the problems relating to the expressions "in loco parentis" or "parental responsibility", which the courts have extended in a whole variety of ways. From my point of view, I would want this to be less restrictive, but would the Secretary of State—

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
506 c210 
Session
2009-10
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Complaints Children Disclosure of information Accountability Corporal punishment Homosexuality Exemptions Faith schools Family courts Family law Judgements Family proceedings Protection Parents Pupils Media Offences against children Personal, social, health and economic education Standards Schools Witnesses Reviews Social work Local Government Ombudsman Teaching methods Haringey Doncaster Local safeguarding children boards Relationships and sex education
Legislation
Children, Schools and Families Bill 2009-10
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk