Amendments proposed to the Learning and Skills Bill [Lords] - continued House of Commons

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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.'.

   

Mr Tim Boswell
Mr James Clappison

171

Clause     41,     page     18,     line     27,     leave out subsection (4).


   

Mr Tim Boswell
Mr James Clappison

172

Clause     42,     page     18,     line     33,     after 'groups', insert 'and between those who are or are not Welsh speakers.'.


   

Mr Tim Boswell
Mr James Clappison

144

Schedule     5,     page     67,     line     35,     leave out 'may' and insert 'must'.


   


   

Mr Malcolm Wicks

183

*Schedule     6,     page     72,     line     18,     at end insert—

'Financial year of the Inspectorate

    . A financial year of the Inspectorate is—

      (a) the period starting with the date on which it is established and ending with the second 31 March following that date;

      (b) each successive period of twelve months.'.


   

Mr Phil Willis
Mr Richard Allan

81

Clause     51,     page     22,     line     12,     at end insert—

    '(f) facilities for providing information, advice or guidance about education or training or connected matters secured by the Council under section 12(5) of this Act or by the Secretary of State under section 9 or the Employment and Training Act 1973 for persons over the age of 19.'.

   

Mr Michael Foster

122

Clause     51,     page     22,     line     16,     at end insert 'including the requirement to have a professional qualification in teaching.'.


   

Mr Malcolm Wicks

184

*Clause     53,     page     23,     line     19,     leave out subsections (6) and (7).


   

Mr Malcolm Wicks

185

*Clause     54,     page     23,     line     34,     leave out 'any report under this section' and insert 'a report of an inspection conducted under this section otherwise than as a result of a request under subsection (3)'.

   

Mr Malcolm Wicks

186

*Clause     54,     page     24,     line     2,     at end insert—

    '( ) The Inspectorate may arrange for a report of an inspection carried out as a result of a request under subsection (3) to be published.'.

   

Mr Malcolm Wicks

187

*Clause     54,     page     24,     line     3,     leave out subsections (8) and (9).


   

Mr Tim Boswell
Mr James Clappison

145

Clause     55,     page     24,     line     21,     leave out 'reasonable' and insert 'one month's'.


   

Mr Malcolm Wicks

188

*Clause     56,     page     25,     line     1,     leave out 'person providing' and insert 'provider of'.


   

Mr Malcolm Wicks

189

*Clause     60,     page     26,     line     19,     leave out 'which fall' and insert 'providing education or training falling'.

   

Mr Malcolm Wicks

190

*Clause     60,     page     26,     line     33,     leave out 'person providing' and insert 'provider of'.

   

Mr Malcolm Wicks

191

*Clause     60,     page     26,     line     38,     leave out subsections (8) and (9).


   

Mr Malcolm Wicks

192

*Clause     61,     page     27,     line     2,     leave out 'and any inspector taking part in the inspection'.

   

Mr Malcolm Wicks

193

*Clause     61,     page     27,     line     6,     leave out 'person providing' and insert 'provider of'.

   

Mr Malcolm Wicks

194

*Clause     61,     page     27,     line     10,     leave out 'inspector' and insert 'Chief Inspector'.

   

Mr Malcolm Wicks

195

*Clause     61,     page     27,     line     21,     leave out 'or any inspector'.

   

Mr Malcolm Wicks

196

*Clause     61,     page     27,     line     23,     leave out 'any person exercising' and insert 'the Chief Inspector in the exercise of'.

   

Mr Malcolm Wicks

197

*Clause     61,     page     27,     line     27,     leave out subsection (7).


   

Mr Malcolm Wicks

198

*Clause     62,     page     27,     line     33,     leave out 'person providing' and insert 'provider of'.


   

Mr Malcolm Wicks

199

*Clause     63,     page     28,     line     6,     leave out from 'may' to end of line 7 and insert ', without being asked to, conduct such an inspection'.

   

Mr Malcolm Wicks

200

*Clause     63,     page     28,     line     8,     leave out from 'If' to 'in', in line 9, and insert 'financial resources have been applied by the Learning and Skills Council or a local education authority'.

   

Mr Malcolm Wicks

201

*Clause     63,     page     28,     line     11,     leave out from 'which' to end of line and insert 'those resources have been applied'.

   

Mr Malcolm Wicks

202

*Clause     63,     page     28,     line     26,     leave out 'person providing' and insert 'provider of'.


   

Mr Malcolm Wicks

203

*Clause     64,     page     29,     line     10,     leave out subsections (5) and (6).


   

Mr Malcolm Wicks

204

*Clause     69,     page     31,     line     21,     leave out subsections (4) and (5).


NEW CLAUSES RELATING TO PART III

Defamation: Part III

   

Mr Malcolm Wicks

NC5

*To move the following Clause—

    '.—(1) For the purposes of the law of defamation a report published under a provision of, or made as a result of, this Part is privileged unless its publication is shown to have been made with malice.

    (2) Nothing in subsection (1) limits any privilege subsisting apart from that subsection.'.


Area inspections by the Chief Inspector

   

Mr Phil Willis
Mr Richard Allan

NC2

To move the following Clause:—

    '.—(1) The Chief Inspector of Adult Learning may, on his own initiative, conduct an inspection of—

      (a) the quality and availability of a specified description of education or training, in a specified area of England, for persons who are aged 16 or over;

      (b) the standards achieved by those receiving that education or training; and

      (c) whether the financial reosurces made available to those providing that education and training are managed efficiently and used in a way which provides value for money.

    (2) The Chief Inspector of Adult Learning must carry out such an inspection if asked to do so by the Secretary of State.

    (3) If the Learning and Skills Council or a local education authority has applied financial resources in respect of education or training which is being inspected under this section, the inspection may extend to considering the manner in which the Council or that authority has applied those resources and whether they have been applied in a way which provides value for money.

    (4) The education or training that may be made the subject of an area inspection is any education or training within—

      (a) the Adult Learning Inspectorate's remit; or

      (b) the remit of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools for England.

    (5) If, in connection with an area inspection, the Chief Inspector asks Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools for England for advice on a matter relating to education or training within his remit, the latter must give such advice as he considers likely to be appropriate for the purposes of the inspection.

    (6) A person providing education or training which is the subject of an area inspection must provide the Chief Inspector with any information reasonably asked for by him in connection with the inspection.

    (7) Any local education authority whose area, or part of whose area, is within the area which is the subject of an area inspection must provide the Chief Inspector with such information as the Chief Inspector may reasonably ask for in connection with the inspection.

    (8) "Area inspection" means an inspection under this section.'.

 
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