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Public Bill Committee: 29th January 2008                

140

 

Education and Skills Bill, continued

 
 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

94

 

Clause  54,  page  29,  line  35,  at end add—

 

‘(6)    

Services provided under this section shall be known as “Connexions”.’.

 


 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

95

 

Clause  55,  page  30,  line  5,  at end insert—

 

‘(e)    

specify the minimum q ualifications and experience required of providers

 

of services.’.

 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

96

 

Clause  55,  page  30,  leave out lines 14 and 15 and insert—

 

‘(a)    

may be functions or services relating to social security,

 

(b)    

may specify co-ordination of careers information and guidance with

 

learn Direct and Job Centre Plus, and

 

(c)    

may specify the provision of functions and services matching young

 

people with employers offering apprenticeships.’.

 


 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

98

 

Clause  58,  page  31,  line  32,  after ‘56(1)(b)’, insert ‘and subject to the consent of

 

the pupil or student.’.

 


 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

99

 

Clause  60,  page  32,  line  24,  after ‘State’, insert ‘or on request by at least 50 pupils,

 

students or parents resident in the local authority area’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 29th January 2008                

141

 

Education and Skills Bill, continued

 
 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

43

 

Clause  60,  page  32,  line  27,  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector must, in exercising his functions in subsection (1),

 

inspect any support services provided and make an assessment of whether such

 

services facilitate the effective participation of persons belonging in a local

 

authority area to whom this Part applies and who have special educational

 

needs.’.

 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

101

 

Clause  60,  page  32,  line  34,  at end insert ‘and the quality of such services.’.

 


 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

44

 

Clause  65,  page  35,  line  7,  after ‘person’, insert ‘or the person was participating in

 

School Action or School Action Plus programmes,’.

 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

57

 

Clause  65,  page  35,  line  13,  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

If a local education authority in England maintains a statement of special

 

educational needs for a person and if, during the year, the person leaves school to

 

pursue alternative post-16 education, the authority must arrange for an

 

assessment to be conducted early in the first year of the new course.’.

 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

45

 

Clause  65,  page  35,  line  16,  after ‘age’, insert ‘or the person was participating in

 

School Action or School Action Plus programmes,’.

 



 
 

Public Bill Committee: 29th January 2008                

142

 

Education and Skills Bill, continued

 
 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

58

 

Clause  66,  page  37,  line  9,  leave out from ‘manner’ to end of line 16.

 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

46

 

Clause  66,  page  37,  line  12,  leave out from ‘concerned’ to end of line 16.

 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

47

 

Clause  66,  page  37,  line  16,  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

any such advice should include encouragement to study one or more

 

GCE ‘A’ level courses provided such courses would be in the best

 

interest of the pupil concerned.’.

 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

48

 

Clause  66,  page  37,  line  16,  at end add—

 

‘( )    

any such advice should include, where appropriate, advice about

 

studying for a degree course at Oxford or Cambridge universities.’.

 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

59

 

Clause  66,  page  38,  line  4,  leave out ‘must’ and insert ‘may’.

 


 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

49

 

Clause  67,  page  38,  line  15,  leave out ‘contract of employment or a’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 29th January 2008                

143

 

Education and Skills Bill, continued

 
 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

50

 

Clause  67,  page  38,  line  19,  leave out ‘contract of employment or a’.

 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

51

 

Clause  67,  page  38,  line  26,  leave out paragraph (b).

 


 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

114

 

Clause  68,  page  38,  line  35,  at end add—

 

‘(2)    

The Secretary of State shall commission an independent report into the funding

 

requirements necessary to enable local authorities to provide transport to enable

 

pupils or students to access the entitlement to participate in the diploma

 

programme.’.

 


 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

52

 

Clause  70,  page  40,  line  14,  after ‘their’, insert ‘aspirations and’.

 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

116

 

Clause  70,  page  40,  line  28,  leave out ‘adequate’ and insert ‘sufficient’.

 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

115

 

Clause  70,  page  43,  line  33,  at end insert—

 

‘(4A)    

For the purpose of paragraph (4) a level 1 literacy qualification must ensure that

 

students can effortlessly decode any word using the principles of synthetic

 

phonics.’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 29th January 2008                

144

 

Education and Skills Bill, continued

 
 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

 

117

 

Clause  70,  page  44,  line  4,  after ‘Education’ insert ‘, or the International General

 

Certificate of Secondary Education,’.

 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

 

118

 

Clause  70,  page  44,  line  10,  at end insert ‘or the Cambridge Assessment Pre-U

 

qualification.’.

 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

 

119

 

Clause  71,  page  44,  leave out line 37.

 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

 

120

 

Clause  71,  page  44,  leave out line 40.

 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

 

121

 

Clause  71,  page  44,  leave out line 41.

 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

 

122

 

Clause  71,  page  45,  leave out line 1.

 



 
 

Public Bill Committee: 29th January 2008                

145

 

Education and Skills Bill, continued

 
 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

 

142

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  77,  page  47,  line  39,  leave out from beginning of line 39 to ‘Chapter’.

 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

 

143

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  77,  page  47,  line  40,  at end add ‘shall cease to apply to independent

 

educational institutions in England.’.

 


 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

 

123

 

Clause  78,  page  48,  leave out lines 18 and 19.

 


 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

 

124

 

Clause  79,  page  48,  line  36,  leave out ‘Chief Inspector’ and insert ‘Secretary of

 

State’.

 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

 

125

 

Clause  79,  page  48,  line  40,  leave out ‘Chief Inspector’ and insert ‘Secretary of

 

State’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 29th January 2008                

146

 

Education and Skills Bill, continued

 
 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

 

126

 

Clause  79,  page  48,  line  41,  leave out ‘Chief Inspector’ and insert ‘Secretary of

 

State’.

 


 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

 

153

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  80,  page  49,  line  7,  leave out ‘51 weeks’ and insert ‘six months’.

 


 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

53

 

Clause  85,  page  51,  line  12,  at end insert ‘one or more’.

 


 

Michael Gove

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

 

127

 

Clause  87,  page  51,  line  24,  at end insert ‘if he regards the change to be of such

 

significance as to warrant an inspection,

 

‘(1A)    

In determining whether the change is of such significance, the Chief Inspector

 

shall have regard to precedents.’.

 



 
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