S.C.F.
NOTICES OF AMENDMENTS
given up to and including
Tuesday 9th May 2000
New Amendments handed in are marked thus *
STANDING COMMITTEE F
LEARNING AND SKILLS BILL [LORDS]
NOTE
The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the Committee [11th April], as follows:
Clause 1; Schedule 1; Clauses 2 to 19; Schedule 2; Clauses 20 to 26; Schedule 3; Clauses 27 to 29; new Clauses relating to Part I; Clause 30; Schedule 4; Clauses 31 to 46; Schedule 5; Clauses 47 to 49; new Clauses relating to Part II; Clause 50; Schedule 6; Clauses 51 to 69; new Clauses relating to Part III; Clauses 70 to 83; new Clauses relating to Part IV; Clauses 84 to 102; Schedule 7; Clauses 103 to 118; Schedule 8; Clause 119; Schedule 9; Clauses 120 and 121; Schedule 10; Clauses 122 to 124; remaining new Clauses; new Schedules.
NEW CLAUSES RELATING TO PART I
Property
Mr Tim Boswell
Mr James Clappison
NC3
To move the following Clause:—
'.—(1) A local Learning and Skills Council established under section 19 shall have power to accept, hold and administer any property on trust for purposes related to any of their objectives, or for any other purpose connected with education.
(2) The Secretary of State may by order make such provision as he thinks appropriate in relation to the appointment as trustees and impose conditions on persons to administer such trust property; and such trustees shall cause proper accounts to be kept of the capital, accretions, income and expenditure vested in, received by and expended by them; and shall cause such accounts to be audited and an abstract thereof to be published in such manner as the Secretary of State may from time to time approve.'.
Transport provision for persons with learning difficulties
Mr Tim Boswell
Mr James Clappison
NC4
To move the following Clause:—
'(1) The Council shall secure the provision of financial resources to persons providing transport to enable people with learning difficulties to participate in post 16 education and training.
(2) The Council must make and publish a plan for the delivery of appropriate transport services and support for people with learning difficulties.
(3) The Council may pilot dedicated transport schemes in partnership with statutory and voluntary organisations, for people with learning difficulties up to the age of 25.
(4) In undertaking an assessment of the transport needs of people with learning difficulties and in establishing pilot schemes, the Council shall have regard to individual needs in relation to orientation and personal safety when utilising transport options, such as the prevention of bullying and abuse.
(5) Local learning and skills councils must secure the provision of mobility training requested by people with learning difficulties participating in post-16 education and training.
(6) For the purposes of this section transport includes—
(a) the use of public transport;
(b) the use of general transport provided by institutions, employers and training providers;
(c) the use of transport provided by voluntary sector providers;
(d) the use of private hire vehicles and other forms of private transport;
(e) the use of specialist transport provided for disabled people.
(7) For the purposes of this section a recipient of financial resources shall include people with learning difficulties up to the age of 25 who have extra transport costs in accessing post-16 learning.
(8) For the purposes of this section mobility traning includes enabling disabled people to access vehicles safely, orientate themselves on vehicles, travel safely and deal confidently with the street environment.'.
Mr Tim Boswell
Mr James Clappison
140
Clause 30, page 13, line 11, leave out '10' and insert '12'.
Mr Tim Boswell
Mr James Clappison
141
Clause 30, page 13, line 11, leave out '12' and insert '16'.
Mr Tim Boswell
Mr James Clappison
167
Clause 30, page 13, line 12, after 'appointed', insert ', in accordance with the Code of Practice for Public Appointments issued by the Commissioner for Public Appointments,'.
Mr Tim Boswell
Mr James Clappison
142
Clause 30, page 13, line 17, at end add 'and to the range and balance of experience between the various members of the Council'.
Mr Tim Boswell
Mr James Clappison
168
Clause 30, page 13, line 19, at end add 'or in association with the Learning and Skills Council for England'.
Mr Tim Boswell
Mr James Clappison
169
Clause 31, page 13, leave out line 26.
Mr Malcolm Wicks
14
Clause 31, page 14, line 2, at end insert—
'(3A) Provision is not to be considered as giving rise to disproportionate expenditure only because that provision is more expensive than comparable provision.'.
Mr Malcolm Wicks
15
Clause 32, page 14, line 33, at end insert—
'(3A) Provision is not to be considered as giving rise to disproportionate expenditure only because that provision is more expensive than comparable provision.'.
Mr Malcolm Wicks
29
Clause 34, page 15, line 19, after 'receiving' insert 'or proposing to receive'.
Mr Malcolm Wicks
23
Clause 34, page 15, line 24, leave out paragraph (e) and insert—
'(e) institutions within the further or higher education sector (within the meaning of section 91 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992) which provide or propose to provide secondary education (other than post-16 education);'.
Mr Malcolm Wicks
30
Clause 34, page 15, line 26, after 'undertaking' insert 'or proposing to undertake'.
Mr Malcolm Wicks
31
Clause 34, page 15, line 44, after 'receiving' insert 'or proposing to receive'.
Mr Malcolm Wicks
45
Clause 35, page 16, line 8, leave out 'providing post-16 education or training' and insert 'to whom financial resources are provided'.
Mr Malcolm Wicks
46
Clause 35, page 16, line 11, leave out 'post-16' and insert 'or proposing to provide'.
Mr Malcolm Wicks
47
Clause 35, page 16, line 26, leave out 'post-16' and insert 'or proposing to provide'.
Mr Malcolm Wicks
48
Clause 35, page 16, line 27, leave out 'post-16'.
Mr Tim Boswell
Mr James Clappison
143
Clause 36, page 17, line 1, leave out subsection (2).
Mr Malcolm Wicks
32
Clause 36, page 17, line 3, leave out '6' and insert '35 '.
Mr Malcolm Wicks
33
Clause 36, page 17, line 4, leave out 'and "maintained school" have' and insert 'has'.
Mr Tim Boswell
Mr James Clappison
170
Clause 39, page 17, line 29, at end insert
'(1A) The Council shall immediately notify the governing body of any such appointment in writing.'.
Mr Malcolm Wicks
34
Clause 40, page 17, line 40, at end insert—
'(3A) The Council may provide any person designated by the National Assembly with such information as the Council thinks fit about any matter in relation to which it has a function.'.
Mr Michael Foster
121
Clause 40, page 18, line 3, at end insert '; such information shall include statistics concerning staff (such as salaries and qualifications) in institutions and organisations delivering programmes funded by the Council, and shall be published and publicly available.'.
Mr Malcolm Wicks
152
Clause 41, page 18, line 7, leave out ' 34(1)(g)' and insert '34(1)(a) to (d) and (g)'.
Mr Malcolm Wicks
153
Clause 41, page 18, line 13, leave out from 'adequate' to end of line 20 and insert 'facilities for education or training for a person with a learning difficulty who is over compulsory school age but who has not attained the age of 19 unless it also secures the provision of boarding accommodation for him, the Council must secure the provision of boarding accommodation for him.
( ) If the Council is satisfied that it cannot secure the provision of reasonable facilities for education or training for a person with a learning difficulty who has attained the age of 19 but not the age of 25 unless it also secures the provision of boarding accommodation for him, the Council must secure the provision of boarding accommodation for him.
( ) If the Council is satisfied that it cannot secure the provision of reasonable facilities for education or training for a person with a learning difficulty who has attained the age of 25 unless it also secures the provision of boarding accommodation for him, the Council may secure the provision of boarding accommodation for him.'.
