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Family Law Act 1996;Children Act 1989

Lords debate on motion to call attention to the role of the family. Motion withdrawn. (Includes statement on terms of reference of proposed advisory board on family law (c1092) and announcement that ministerial group on children at risk of offending to publish a Green Paper (c1144)).

Lead member

Lord Northbourne

Answering member

Lord Mackay of Clashfern

Department

Department of Health

Type

Oral statements

Date

11 December 1996

Reference

576 c1085-49

House

House of Lords

Lord Chancellors Dept

Statement on the future of the Children Act Advisory Committee.

Asked by

Ivan Lawrence (Conservative)

Answering body

Lord Chancellor's Department

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

For answer on

10 December 1996

Answered on

10 December 1996

Sir Ivan Lawrence: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will make a statement on the future of the Children Act Advisory Committee. [8815] Mr. Streeter: On 14 May 1996, during the passage of the Family Law Bill through Parliament, my right hon. and noble friend the Lord Chancellor announced his intention to set up a new advisory board for five years to monitor the implementation of the Family Law Act 1996, and to advise the Lord Chancellor on issues arising from its implementation. The board will be appointed early in the new year; it will be inter-disciplinary, and its chairman will be independent of the court system. As a consequence, the Children Act Advisory Committee will cease to exist after July 1997. The new body will be known as the Advisory Board on Family Law. It will report to the Lord Chancellor, and will deal--broadly speaking--with those aspects of family policy and law which are covered by the Family Law Act 1996 and fall within his departmental responsibility. Its precise terms of reference will include a remit to consider the overall impact of Children Act work within the family courts system. To provide continuity with the work of the Children Act Advisory Committee, the membership of the Advisory Board on Family Law will include a family division judge or a Court of Appeal judge with family division experience. The network of family court business committees and family court forums will continue to deal with operational aspects of Children Act work at local level. They will, as now, be able to refer policy issues to the Lord Chancellor, the Court Service, or the relevant Government Department, as appropriate. At national level, the children's services strategy group, which was recently set up by the Secretary of State for Health, will have a wider role in co-ordinating the interests of Government and other key agencies.

Legislation

Children Act 1989; Family Law Act 1996

Date

10 December 1996

Reference

8815; 287 c96W

House

House of Commons

Mackay of Clashfern, RtHonLord

Statement on the future of the Children Act Advisory Committee.

Asked by

Earl Alexander of Tunis (Conservative)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 December 1996

Reference

576 c87WA

House

House of Lords

Untitled Written question

Lords statement on appointment to chair the Children Act Central Advisory Committee announced by the Lord Chancellor on 9th July 1990. - Mrs Justice Booth will chair this Committee, now to be known as the Children Act Advisory Committee. The appointment will be for a two-year term.

Asked by

Lord Kimball (Conservative)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

25 March 1991

Reference

527 c50WA

House

House of Lords

Untitled Written question

Who is to chair the Children Act Central Advisory Committee announced by the Lord Chancellor on 9th July 1990.

Asked by

Nigel Forman (Conservative)

Answering body

Attorney General

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

25 March 1991

Reference

188 c275W;188 c273W

House

House of Commons

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