House of Commons portcullis
House of Commons
Session 2005 - 06
Internet Publications
Other Bills before Parliament


S.C.E.

111

 
 

House of Commons

 
 

Thursday 20th April 2006

 

Standing Committee Proceedings

 

Standing Committee E

 

Education and Inspections Bill


 

[seventh and eighth Sittings]


 

Clause 7.

 

Withdrawn

 

Amendment (No. 24) proposed, in page 6, line 34, at the end, to insert the words—

 

‘(1A)    

A local authority shall publish a notice under subsection (1) in circumstances

 

where 35 per cent or more of school places are in schools that are

 

underperforming.’. — (Mr Nick Gibb).

 

Question proposed, That the Amendment be made.

 


 

Mr David Willetts

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mr David Evennett

 

Negatived on division  179

 

Clause  7,  page  6,  line  34,  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

A local education authority must publish such a notice if they receive

 

representations from 50 or more parents of qualifying children in connection with

 

the establishment of a foundation, voluntary or foundation special school or an

 

academy.

 

(1B)    

In subsection (1A) “qualifying child”, in relation to a local education authority,

 

means any child in the authority’s area who is of or under compulsory school

 

age.’.

 

Mr David Willetts

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mr David Evennett

 

Not called  193

 

Clause  7,  page  6,  line  34,  at end insert—

 

‘(1B)    

In subsection (1A) a maintained school is “underperforming” if, in the previous

 

academic year, it was in the fourth quartile nationally of the value added measure

 

of school performance.’.


 
 

S.C.E.  Standing Committee Proceedings: 20th April 2006            

112

 

Education and Inspections Bill, continued

 
 

Mr David Willetts

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mr David Evennett

 

Sarah Teather

 

Greg Mulholland

 

Not called  25

 

Clause  7,  page  7,  line  1,  after second ‘a’, insert ‘reasonable’.

 

Sarah Teather

 

Greg Mulholland

 

Annette Brooke

 

Not called  65

 

Clause  7,  page  7,  line  2,  at end insert—

 

‘(ca)    

specify appropriate qualifications for persons other than local education

 

authorities wishing to establish the new school,’.

 

Mr David Willetts

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mr David Evennett

 

Negatived on division  26

 

Clause  7,  page  7,  line  15,  leave out from second ‘school’ to end of line 18.

 

Sarah Teather

 

Greg Mulholland

 

Annette Brooke

 

Mr David Chaytor

 

Negatived on division  66

 

Clause  7,  page  7,  line  16,  leave out ‘with the consent of the Secretary of State,’.

 

Mr David Willets

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mr David Evennett

 

Not called  76

 

Clause  7,  page  7,  line  18,  at end insert—

 

‘(5A)    

The Secretary of State shall only consent to the publication of proposal under

 

subsection (5)(b)(ii) for the establishment of a community or community special

 

school if the local authority can demonstrate to the Secretary of State that the

 

establishment of such a school would lead to substantially better academic results

 

than would be the case for a foundation or foundation special school.’.

 

Mr David Chaytor

 

Not called  180

 

Clause  7,  page  7,  line  18,  at end insert—

 

‘(5A)    

The Secretary of State may not refuse consent under subsection 5(b)(ii) in any

 

case in which the request by the authority for such consent is shown to be

 

supported by parents in such numbers and in such categories as may be prescribed

 

by regulations.’.


 
 

S.C.E.  Standing Committee Proceedings: 20th April 2006            

113

 

Education and Inspections Bill, continued

 
 

Mr David Willetts

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mr David Evennett

 

Not called  27

 

Clause  7,  page  7,  line  20,  at end insert ‘, such time not to be less than a period of

 

two months,’.

 

Sarah Teather

 

Greg Mulholland

 

Annette Brooke

 

Withdrawn  69

 

Clause  7,  page  7,  line  22,  at end insert—

 

‘(6A)    

The Secretary of State may by order suspend the operation of this section in

 

relation to invitations by local education authorities of proposals for the

 

establishment of an Academy during such period as may be appropriate for the

 

evaluation of the success or otherwise of Academies in achieving high

 

standards.’.

 

Clause Agreed to on division.

 


 

Mr David Willetts

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mr David Evennett

 

Withdrawn  159

 

Clause  8,  page  7,  line  27,  leave out ‘such persons as appear to the authority to be

 

appropriate;’ and insert ‘parents within the locality’.

 

Mr Edward Leigh

 

Not called  331

 

Clause  8,  page  7,  line  27,  after ‘appropriate’, insert ‘and which must include the

 

headteacher and the chairman of governors of all maintained schools in areas adjacent to

 

the proposed school’.

 

Mr Edward Leigh

 

Not called  348

 

Clause  8,  page  7,  line  27,  after ‘appropriate’, insert ‘and in the case of religious-

 

based schools, the relevant church or religious authority’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

[Adjourned till Tuesday next at 10.30 a.m.


 
contents
 
House of Commons home page Houses of Parliament home page House of Lords home page search page enquiries

© Parliamentary copyright 2006
Revised 21 April 2006