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House of Commons

 
 

Tuesday 29th January 2008

 

Public Bill Committee

 

New Amendments handed in are marked thus Parliamentary Star

 

Other Amendments not tabled within the required notice period are marked thus Parliamentary Star - white

 

Education and Skills Bill


 

Note

 

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the

 

Committee [22nd January].

 


 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

1

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  10,  at end insert ‘; and

 

(d)    

who agrees in writing, on ceasing to be of compulsory school age, that it

 

applies.’.

 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

2

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  10,  at end insert ‘; and

 

(d)    

is not participating in a gap year prior to pursuing a level 3 qualification

 

in the following year.’.


 
 

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Education and Skills Bill, continued

 
 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

70

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  10,  at end add ‘, and

 

‘(d)    

has not been issued with a waiver certificate by a local authority.’.

 


 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

4

 

Clause  2,  page  1,  leave out line 12 and insert—

 

‘(1)    

A local authority in England shall enable and assist a person belonging to its area

 

to whom this Part applies to—’.

 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

 

144

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  2,  page  1,  line  12,  leave out from ‘applies’ to end of line 20 and insert—

 

    

‘has the right—

 

(a)    

to participate in appropriate full time education or training,

 

(b)    

to participate in training in accordance with a contract of apprenticeship,

 

or

 

(c)    

whilst in full time occupation, to participate in sufficient relevant training

 

or education in each relevant period.’.

 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

3

 

Clause  2,  page  1,  line  12,  leave out ‘must’ and insert ‘shall be entitled to’.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

71

 

Clause  2,  page  1,  line  17,  leave out from beginning to end of line 8 on page 2 and

 

insert—

 

‘(c)    

be in full-time occupation (see section 5).’.

 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

5

 

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  8,  at end add—


 
 

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Education and Skills Bill, continued

 
 

‘(3)    

The Secretary of State shall specify by order arrangements and duties applicable

 

to a person to whom this Part applies who has significant responsibilities for

 

caring for parents, siblings or other close relatives.’.

 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

6

 

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  8,  at end add—

 

‘(3)    

The Secretary of State shall specify by order arrangements and duties applicable

 

to a person to whom this Part applies who has significant responsibilities for

 

caring for their own children.’.

 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

7

 

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  8,  at end add—

 

‘( )    

This section may not come into force before the Secretary of State has certified

 

that in his opinion there are sufficient contracts of apprenticeship available to

 

meet in full the level of demand for such contracts by persons to whom this Part

 

applies.’.

 


 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

9

 

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  11,  after ‘means,’, insert—

 

‘(a)    

the Cambridge Assessment Pre-U qualification in two subjects, and,

 

(b)    

’.

 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

8

 

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  20,  at end insert ‘, subject to the approval of the Secretary of

 

State.’.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

72

 

Clause  3,  page  2,  leave out lines 23 and 24.

 



 
 

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Education and Skills Bill, continued

 
 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

10

 

Clause  5,  page  2,  line  41,  leave out ‘20’ and insert ‘16’.

 

Jim Knight

 

132

 

Clause  5,  page  3,  line  19,  leave out from ‘week’ to ‘and’ in line 20.

 

Jim Knight

 

133

 

Clause  5,  page  3,  line  23,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

Section 234 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (c. 18) (construction of

 

references to normal working hours where employee entitled to overtime pay)

 

applies for the purposes of the definition of “normal weekly working hours” in

 

subsection (4) as it applies for the purposes of that Act.’.

 


 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

12

 

Clause  6,  page  3,  line  46,  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

In-house training provided by employers is regarded as “relevant training or

 

education” for the purposes of this Part’.

 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

13

 

Clause  6,  page  3,  line  46,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

The Secretary of State may specify by order other non-formal education or

 

training that will be regarded as “relevant training or education” for the purposes

 

of this Part.’.

 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

11

 

Clause  6,  page  4,  line  1,  after ‘means’, insert—

 

‘(a)    

the iGCSE and Cambridge Assessment Pre-U qualifications; and

 

(b)    

’.


 
 

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Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

73

 

Page  3,  line  44,  leave out Clause 6.

 


 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

74

 

Page  4,  line  5,  leave out Clause 7.

 


 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

75

 

Page  4,  line  19,  leave out Clause 8.

 


 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

76

 

Page  5,  line  7,  leave out Clause 9.

 


 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

15

 

Clause  10,  page  5,  line  35,  leave out from ‘applies’ to end of line 36.

 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

 

145

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  10,  page  5,  line  35,  leave out ‘fulfil the duty imposed’ and insert ‘exercise

 

the right conferred’.


 
 

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Education and Skills Bill, continued

 
 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

14

 

Clause  10,  page  5,  line  36,  at end add—

 

‘(2)    

In exercising its functions in subsection (1), a local authority must ensure that it

 

promotes the effective participation of persons belonging to its area to whom this

 

Part applies and who have special educational needs.’.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

77

 

Clause  10,  page  5,  line  36,  at end add—

 

‘(2)    

The local authority shall have the power to grant a waiver from the duty imposed

 

by section 2 where it believes that this would not be in the best interests of the

 

person concerned.’.

 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

84

 

Clause  10,  page  5,  line  36,  at end add—

 

‘(2)    

Each local authority shall conduct an annual audit into the sufficiency and

 

diversity of educational provision to assess its adequacy for fulfilling its functions

 

in subsection (1).’.

 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

 

148

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  10,  page  5,  line  36,  at end insert—

 

‘(2)    

In subsection (2) of section 47 of the Schools Standards and Framework Act 1998

 

(Determination of school’s budget share), after paragraph (g) insert—

 

“(h)    

requiring local education authorities to have regard, in

 

determining the resources required for each school and college

 

maintained by them, to the duty imposed on such authorities by

 

section 10 of the Education and Skills Act 2008.”’.

 


 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

 

146

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  12,  page  6,  line  22,  leave out ‘fulfil the duty imposed’ and insert ‘not

 

exercising the right conferred’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 29th January 2008                

125

 

Education and Skills Bill, continued

 
 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

 

147

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  12,  page  6,  line  34,  leave out ‘fulfil the duty imposed’ and insert ‘not

 

exercising the right conferred’.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

78

 

Page  6,  line  18,  leave out Clause 12.

 


 

Jim Knight

 

137

 

Parliamentary Star - white    

Clause  13,  page  6,  line  37,  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

Where a local education authority—

 

(a)    

itself provides services in exercise of its functions under section 54(1),

 

and

 

(b)    

receives a notice under subsection (1) relating to a person to whom this

 

Part applies who belongs to the area of another local education authority,

 

    

it must as soon as reasonably practicable give notice to the service provider for

 

the other local education authority of the circumstances notified to it under

 

subsection (1).

 

(1B)    

Subsection (1C) applies where, in exercise of its functions under section 54(3)(b),

 

a local education authority makes arrangements with another person (“the

 

provider”) for the provision of services.

 

(1C)    

The arrangements must secure that, as soon as reasonably practicable after

 

receiving a notice under subsection (1) relating to a person to whom this Part

 

applies who belongs to the area of another local education authority, the provider

 

gives notice to the service provider for the other local education authority of the

 

circumstances notified to the provider under subsection (1).’.

 

Jim Knight                        

 

138

 

Parliamentary Star - white    

Clause  13,  page  7,  line  16,  after ‘authority’ insert ‘itself’.

 

Jim Knight

 

139

 

Parliamentary Star - white    

Clause  13,  page  7,  line  17,  after ‘under’ insert ‘subsection (1) of’.

 

Jim Knight

 

140

 

Parliamentary Star - white    

Clause   13,  page  7,  line  18,  leave out ‘those functions’ and insert ‘its functions

 

under subsection (3)(b) of that section’.


 
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