1st readingCommons
1 sittingBill introduced in the Commons by
Bridget Phillipsonon behalf of Department for Education
Baroness Smith of Malvernon behalf of Department for Education
- Formal sitting
2nd readingCommons
- Programme motion
- Money resolution
1 sitting · 1 debate · 262 speeches · 102 speakersCommittee stageCommons
14 sittings · 14 debates · 1,170 speeches · 16 speakers · 165 amendments165 amendments tabled105 No decision32 Not called10 Agreed10 Negatived on division8 Withdrawn265 written evidence submissionsReport stageCommons
- Programme motion
2 sittings · 2 debates · 175 speeches · 57 speakers · 280 amendments · 7 divisions280 amendments tabled215 No decision34 Not called3 Negatived on division27 Agreed1 Not moved3rd readingCommons
1 divisionThird ReadingCarriedAyes 382Noes 104Taken in this debate1st readingLords
1 sitting · 1 debate2nd readingLords
1 sitting · 1 debate · 81 speeches · 77 speakersCommittee stageLords
18 sittings · 18 debates · 1,302 speeches · 131 speakers · 725 amendments725 amendments tabled33 Withdrawn before debate557 Not moved99 Withdrawn20 Stood part16 Agreed- Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
- Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
- Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
- Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
- Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
- Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
- Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
- Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
- Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
- Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
- Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
- Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
- Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
- Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
- Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
- Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
- Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
- Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
- Letter from Baroness Smith to Baroness Barran regarding Clause 14 and 15: financial oversight scheme, and power to impose a cap on the profits of non-local authority Ofsted registered providers of children's homes and independent fostering agencies.
- Letter from Baroness Smith to Baroness Berridge regarding Clause 11: information on the small number of children who are on a deprivation of liberty order were not looked after at the time of the application, and who would not be able to be deprived of their liberty under section 25 of the Children Act 1989.
- Letter from Baroness Smith to Lord Crisp regarding the threshold for providers who will be captured by the provider duty.
- Letter from Baroness Smith to Lord Lucas regarding further information about best interest determinations, Local Government Ombudsman's jurisdiction, DfE interventions with local authorities, implementation forums, and support duty.
- Letters from Baroness Smith to Lord Storey, Lord Lucas and Baroness Spielman regarding the use of non-school (unregistered) alternative provision.
- Letter from Baroness Smith to Baroness Wolf regarding the exemptions which allow schools to recruit teachers without Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).
- Letter from Baroness Smith to Baroness Barran regarding clarification to a figure relating to the percentage of maintained schools converting into academies.
- Letter from Baroness Blake to Baroness Bennett regarding climate and emergencies: CO2 monitors.
- Letter from Baroness Blake to Baroness Boycott regarding climate and emergencies amendments: question regarding climate adaptation.
- Letter from Baroness Blake to Baroness Barran regarding amendments concerning school complaints: whether the Department's work to simplify the school complaints system will require changes to primary legislation.
- Letter from Baroness Smith to Baroness Barran regarding the provisions relating to the information that local authorities will be able to record on their Children Not in School (CNIS) registers.
- Letter from Baroness Smith to Baroness Barran regarding clause 36 and amendment 427: status of part-time educational settings, regulation-making powers in new section 92(3)(c) and (d), and academies exemption from clause 36.
Report stageLords
9 sittings · 9 debates · 470 speeches · 87 speakers · 319 amendments319 amendments tabled115 Agreed144 Not moved34 Withdrawn19 Withdrawn before debate7 Disagreed- Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
- Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
- Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
- Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
- Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
- Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
- Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
- Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
- Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
3rd readingLords
1 sitting · 1 debate · 10 speeches · 3 speakers · 7 amendments7 amendments tabled7 AgreedConsideration of Lords amendmentsCommons
- Programme motion
1 sitting · 1 debate · 68 speeches · 27 speakers · 8 divisions- Legislative Consent Motion approved by the Senedd on 17 March 2026
- Letter from Baroness Levitt to Lord Ponsonby regarding how the Family Court can ascertain whether child contact centres are accredited by the National Association of Child Contact Centres (NACCC), in response to observations made during the report stage of the Bill.
Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasonsLords
1 sitting · 1 debate · 88 speeches · 31 speakersConsideration of Lords messageCommons
- Programme motion
1 sitting · 1 debate · 87 speeches · 24 speakers · 4 divisionsConsideration of Commons amendments and / or reasonsLords
1 sitting · 1 debate · 38 speeches · 15 speakers · 3 divisionsConsideration of Lords messageCommons
1 sitting · 1 debate · 61 speeches · 19 speakers · 1 division- Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Fifth Supplementary Delegated Powers Memorandum
- Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Sixth Supplementary Delegated Powers Memorandum
- Bill 439 2024-26 (Lords Insistence, Reason and Amendment in Lieu)
- HL Bill 197 Commons Insistence on Disagreement and Amendments to the Commons Amendments
