S.C.F.
NOTICES OF AMENDMENTS
given up to and including
Tuesday 16th 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 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.'.
Frequency of joint inspections
Mr Tim Boswell
Mr James Clappison
NC6
To move the following Clause:—
'.—It shall be the responsibility of the Chief Inspector of Schools in England and the Chief Inspector of Adult Learning to take such steps as are reasonably practicable to ensure that the frequency of joint inspections is not greater than would reasonably have been anticipated had the inspections been carried out by the two Inspectorates separately; and they should have regard to minimising the potential inconvenience and intrusiveness of the inspection on the institution concerned.'.
Mr Malcolm Wicks
253
Clause 71, page 32, line 2, leave out 'body known as the'.
Mr Malcolm Wicks
254
Clause 71, page 32, leave out lines 5 to 9.
Mr Tim Boswell
Mr James Clappison
326
*Clause 73, page 33, line 14, leave out subsection (3).
Mr Malcolm Wicks
255
Clause 73, page 33, line 20, at end insert—
'( ) In exercising functions under this Part, the Chief Inspector for Wales must have regard to—
(a) advice given by the National Assembly; and
(b) such aspects of the National Assembly's policy as the National Assembly may specify.'.
Mr Malcolm Wicks
256
Clause 74, page 33, line 21, leave out 'secure that' and insert 'inspect'.
Mr Malcolm Wicks
257
Clause 74, page 33, line 23, leave out 'is inspected by a member of the Inspectorate'.
Mr Malcolm Wicks
258
Clause 74, page 33, line 25, leave out from first 'The' to 'must' and insert 'Chief Inspector for Wales'.
Mr Malcolm Wicks
259
Clause 74, page 33, line 26, leave out 'to the Chief Inspector for Wales'.
Mr Malcolm Wicks
260
Clause 74, page 33, line 35, leave out 'On receipt of a report under subsection (3)'.
Mr Malcolm Wicks
261
Clause 74, page 33, line 36, leave out 'it' and insert 'the report under subsection (3)'.
Mr Malcolm Wicks
262
Clause 75, page 34, line 8, leave out 'arrange for' and insert 'inspect, and report on,'.
Mr Malcolm Wicks
263
Clause 75, page 34, line 9, leave out from 'kind' to end of line.
Mr Malcolm Wicks
264
Clause 75, page 34, line 10, leave out 'arrange for' and insert 'inspect'.
Mr Malcolm Wicks
265
Clause 75, page 34, line 15, leave out from beginning to 'if'.
Mr Malcolm Wicks
266
Clause 75, page 34, line 19, leave out subsection (5) and insert—
'( ) Subsections (5) to (8) of section 74 apply to a report under subsection (2) as they apply to a report under that section.
( ) The Chief Inspector for Wales 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
267
Clause 76, page 34, line 21, leave out from 'Part' to 'has', in line 23, and insert 'the Chief Inspector for Wales'.
Mr Malcolm Wicks
268
Clause 76, page 34, line 26, leave out 'person providing' and insert 'provider of'.
Mr Malcolm Wicks
269
Clause 76, page 34, line 39, leave out 'require' and insert 'such assistance from'.
Mr Malcolm Wicks
270
Clause 76, page 34, line 44, leave out from beginning to end of line 1, on page 35, and insert 'as the Chief Inspector for Wales'.
Mr Malcolm Wicks
271
Clause 76, page 35, line 3, leave out 'a person exercising' and insert 'the Chief Inspector for Wales in the exercise of'.
Mr Malcolm Wicks
272
Clause 77, page 35, line 8, leave out from 'inspection' to end of line and insert—
'( ) But it does not apply to a report of an inspection conducted—
(a) as a result of a request under section 75(3); or
Mr Malcolm Wicks
273
Clause 77, page 35, line 9, leave out 'person providing' and insert 'provider of'.
Mr Tim Boswell
Mr James Clappison
245
Clause 78, page 35, line 36, leave out 'way in' and insert 'methods by'.
Mr Tim Boswell
Mr James Clappison
246
Clause 78, page 35, line 37, at end insert 'and the standards attained'.
Mr Malcolm Wicks
274
Clause 79, page 36, line 6, leave out 'arrange for an inspection of' and insert 'inspect'.
Mr Malcolm Wicks
275
Clause 79, page 36, line 7, after 'Wales' insert 'by the Secretary of State'.
Mr Malcolm Wicks
276
Clause 79, page 36, line 9, leave out 'to be conducted by a member of the Inspectorate'.
