§ Mr. Walker-SmithI beg to move, in page 97, line 14, to leave out "or" and to insert "such".
This is an Amendment to clarify the First Schedule of the Bill and arises out of points made during the Committee stage discussions. The Amendment makes clear that experience in administration does not necessarily mean just experience in the administration of the social services. By omitting the word "or" it paves the way for the addition 350 of further alternative qualifications referred to in the next Amendment.
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ Mr. Walker-SmithI beg to move, in page 97, line 14, after "services", to insert:
or such other qualifications or experience.This Amendment gives effect to an undertaking which I gave in the Committee to check the drafting of paragraph 1 (c) of the First Schedule to ensure that it is wide and clear enough to enable psychologists, social workers, and other people with the kind of experience which is likely to be valuable on the tribunals, to come in this category. It also removes doubt about the power to appoint suitable justices of the peace to serve on the tribunals and so enable some of their experience to be used in that way.
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ Mr. Walker-SmithI beg to move, in page 97, line 32, to leave out "and".
This is a paving Amendment for the Amendment in the following line. Perhaps we may take them together.
The purpose of the Amendment is to ensure that one or more of the members of each tribunal will have to he drawn from category (c) as described in line 12 on page 97; that is to say, the category to which we generically refer as the lay members as distinct from the legal and medical members. This also gives effect to an undertaking given in Committee.
§ Amendment agreed to.
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Further Amendment made: In page 97, line 33, at end insert:
and
(c) one or more shall be appointed from the members who are neither legal nor medical members."—[Mr. Walker-Smith.]