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14 Sep 2009, Telegraph Shortly before the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Bill completed its journey through Parliament in October 2006, the Government tabled no fewer than 25 new clauses, four new schedules and 250 amendments. The Bill had already been debated in the House of Lords and had been before a Commons committee. Because of timetabling restrictions, the flood of last-minute amendments received cursory scrutiny, if any. This is the Bill that established the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA), which will decide the suitability of an estimated 11 million people either to work or take part in voluntary activity with children or the infirm.
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