Amendments proposed to the Learning and Skills Bill [Lords], As Amended - continued	House of Commons
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Mr Secretary Blunkett

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*Page     69,     line     6     [Clause     142],     at end insert—

    '( ) Section 102 extends to England and Wales and Northern Ireland.

    ( ) Sections (Qualifying arrangements: Northern Ireland), (Grants: Northern Ireland) and (Financial support for students: Northern Ireland) extend to Northern Ireland only.'.

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Mr Secretary Blunkett

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Page     70,     line     23     [Schedule     1],     after 'member' insert 'or chairman or chief executive'.

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

43

Page     70,     line     25     [Schedule     1],     after 'chairman' insert 'or chief executive'.

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Mr Secretary Blunkett

44

Page     73,     line     38     [Schedule     2],     after 'member' insert 'or chairman'.

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Mr Secretary Blunkett

45

Page     77,     line     4     [Schedule     4],     after 'member' insert 'or chairman or chief executive'.

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

46

Page     77,     line     6     [Schedule     4],     after 'chairman' insert 'or chief executive'.

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Mr Ted Rowlands
Mr Denzil Davies

4

Page     80,     line     5     [Schedule     5],     leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'.

   

Mr Ted Rowlands
Mr Denzil Davies

5

Page     80,     line     5     [Schedule     5],     at end insert 'and at least half the appointments to such committees must be from the private sector, with at least one other member appointed from training providers in Wales.'.

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

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Page     80,     line     36     [Schedule     5],     after 'member' insert 'or chairman'.

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Mr Secretary Blunkett

23

Page     81,     line     20     [Schedule     6],     at end insert—

    '( ) If a person to be appointed under section 50(3) is not already a member of the Inspectorate, the Secretary of State must appoint him as a member for the same term as his appointment as chairman or chief officer.

    ( ) If a person to be appointed under section 50(3) is already a member of the Inspectorate but his term of appointment as such would end before his term of appointment as chairman or chief officer ends, the Secretary of State must extend his term of appointment as a member so that it ends when his appointment as chairman or chief officer ends.'.

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

24

Page     81,     line     21     [Schedule     6],     after 'member' insert ', chairman or chief officer'.

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

25

Page     81,     line     23     [Schedule     6],     after 'chairman' insert 'or chief officer'.

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Valerie Davey

72

Page     94,     line     31     [Schedule     8],     at end insert—

'(d) before making the scheme the Secretary of State consulted the authority.'.

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Mr Secretary Blunkett

61

Page     100,     line     9     [Schedule     9],     at end insert—

'Local Government Act 1988 (c. 9)

    . In paragraph 8(3)(a)(i) of Schedule 1 to the Local Government Act 1988 (competition: excluded activities) for "section 15" substitute "section 15A or 15B".'.

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

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*Page     100,     line     9     [Schedule     9],     at end insert—

'Employment Act 1988 (c.19)

    12A. In section 26 of the Employment Act 1988 (status of trainees etc) after subsection (1) insert—

    "(1A) Where it appears to the Secretary of State that provision has been made under section 5(1)(c) or 34W(1)(c) of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 for trainees to receive payments from the Learning and Skills Council for England or the National Council for Education and Training for Wales, the Secretary of State may by order provide—
(a) that those trainees are, for the purposes and in the cases specified or described in or determined under the order, to be treated in respect of the training as being or as not being employed;
(b) that where those trainees are treated as being employed they are to be treated as being the employees of the persons so specified, described or determined and of no others;
(c) that where those trainees are treated as not being employed they are to be treated in such other manner as may be so specified, described or determined; and
(d) that those payments are to be treated for the purposes of such enactments and subordinate legislation as may be so specified, described or determined in such manner as may be so specified, described or determined;

    and for the purposes of this subsection trainees are persons receiving or proposing to receive training."'.

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

62

Page     100,     line     10     [Schedule     9],     at end insert—

    '. In section 124 of the Education Reform Act 1988 (higher education corporation: powers)—

(a) in subsection (2)(b) omit the words ", as defined by section 15(6) and (7) of the Education Act 1996", and

(b) at the end insert—

    "(5) For the purposes of subsection (2)(b) a person has a learning difficulty if—
(a) he has a significantly greater difficulty in learning than the majority of persons of his age, or
(b) he has a disability which either prevents or hinders him from making use of facilities of a kind generally provided by institutions within the higher education sector for persons of his age.

    (6) But a person is not to be taken to have a learning difficulty solely because the language (or form of language) in which he is or will be taught is different from a language (or form of language) which has at any time been spoken in his home.".'.

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

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*Page     100,     line     10     [Schedule     9],     at end insert—

    ' . In section 124 of the Education Reform Act 1988 (powers of a higher education corporation) in subsection (2) for paragraph (f) substitute—

"(f) to subscribe for or otherwise acquire shares in or securities of a company for the purpose of carrying on any such activities;".'.

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

63

Page     100,     line     11     [Schedule     9],     leave out 'the Education Reform Act 1988' and insert 'that Act'.

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

64

Page     100,     line     14     [Schedule     9],     at end insert—

    '. For section 161(1)(b) of that Act (interpretation: further or higher education functions) substitute—

"(b) references to the further or higher education functions of a local education authority are references to the functions of the authority (except in so far as they relate to secondary education) under sections 15A and 15B of the Education Act 1996 (post-16 education) and section 120 of this Act (higher education);".'.

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

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Page     100,     line     32     [Schedule     9],     at end insert—

    '( ) In subsection (3) omit "within the meaning of section 4(6) of this Act".'.

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

94

*Page     100,     line     34     [Schedule     9],     leave out 'form or take part in forming' and insert 'subscribe for or otherwise acquire shares in or securities of'.

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

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Page     100,     line     46     [Schedule     9],     at end insert—

    '( ) After subsection (5) insert—

    "(6) A person has a learning difficulty if—
(a) he has a significantly greater difficulty in learning than the majority of persons of his age, or
(b) he has a disability which either prevents or hinders him from making use of facilities of a kind generally provided by institutions within the further education sector for persons of his age.

    (7) But a person is not to be taken to have a learning difficulty solely because the language (or form of language) in which he is or will be taught is different from a language (or form of language) which has at any time been spoken in his home.".'.

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Mr Secretary Blunkett

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Page     102,     line     45     [Schedule     9],     at end insert—

    ' . In section 52 of that Act (duty to provide for named individuals) in subsection (1) omit "full-time".'.

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Mr Secretary Blunkett

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Page     106     [Schedule     9],     leave out line 32 and insert—

    '() After subsection (1) insert—

    "(1A) The power under subsection (1) to secure the provision of education includes power to secure the provision—
(a) of training, including vocational, social, physical and recreational training, and
(b) of organised leisure time occupation (within the meaning of section 2(6)) which is provided in connection with the provision of education or of training within paragraph (a)."

    () In subsection (2) after "functions under this section" insert "in respect of secondary education".

    () After subsection (2) insert—

    "(3) In exercising their functions under this section in respect of further education a local education authority shall in particular have regard to the needs of persons with learning difficulties (within the meaning of section 13(5) and (6) of the Learning and Skills Act 2000).'.

Prepared 22 Jun 2000