division_name: Children and Families Bill &#8212; <i>Report (2nd Day)</i>
motion: <p class="italic" pid="a.1154.0/1" pwmotiontext="unrecognized">Amendment 15</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="a.1154.0/2" pwmotiontext="unrecognized"> Moved by Lord Northbourne</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1154.0/3" pwmotiontext="unrecognized"><b>15:</b> After Clause 11, insert the following new Clause&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1154.0/4" pwmotiontext="unrecognized">&#8220;Children&#8217;s welfare: duties of parents</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1154.0/5" pwmotiontext="unrecognized">For the purposes of section 3(1) of the Children Act 1989, the duties of the parent to their child are&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1154.0/6" pwmotiontext="lines">(a) to safeguard and promote the child&#8217;s health, development and welfare;</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1154.0/7" pwmotiontext="lines">(b) to provide in a manner appropriate to the age and development of the child&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1154.0/8" pwmotiontext="lines">(i) direction; and</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1154.0/9" pwmotiontext="lines">(ii) guidance,</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1154.0/10" pwmotiontext="quot">to the child;</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1154.0/11" pwmotiontext="lines">(c) if the child is not living with the parent, to maintain personal relations and contact with the child on a regular basis,</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1154.0/12" pwmotiontext="quot">but only in so far as compliance with this section is practicable and in the best interest of the child.&#8221;</p>