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Public Bill Committee: 5th February 2008                

246

 

Education and Skills Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

89

 

Clause  48,  page  26,  line  27,  leave out ‘Regulations may’ and insert ‘The Secretary

 

of State must by regulations’.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Mr Stephen Williams

 

168

 

Clause  48,  page  26,  line  30,  at end add—

 

‘(4)    

In considering an appeal the attendance panel must invite the young person who

 

is appealing against the penalty notice, or the young person’s nominated

 

representative, to make representations to it.’.

 


 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

90

 

Clause  50,  page  27,  line  10,  leave out ‘persons working in either of those ways’ and

 

insert ‘service as a member of the armed forces of the Crown’.

 


 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

91

 

Clause  51,  page  27,  line  33,  leave out subsection (2).

 


 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

92

 

Clause  52,  page  28,  line  18,  leave out from beginning to ‘must’ in line 19.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 5th February 2008                

247

 

Education and Skills Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

100

 

Clause  52,  page  28,  line  20,  leave out ‘to’ and insert ‘made by’.

 


 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

93

 

Clause  54,  page  29,  line  13,  leave out ‘services’ and insert ‘information, advice and

 

guidance about education and career choices’.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

41

 

Clause  54,  page  29,  line  15,  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

Such services must include the provision of—

 

(a)    

generic information, advice and guidance, and

 

(b)    

targeted support for young people which takes into account their personal

 

circumstances.’.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

94

 

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

 

‘(6)    

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

 


 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

95

 

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

 

‘(e)    

specify the minimum q ualifications and experience required of providers

 

of services.’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 5th February 2008                

248

 

Education and Skills Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

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.’.

 


 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

98

 

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

 

the pupil or student.’.

 


 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

181

 

Clause  59,  page  32,  line  11,  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

the provision, in response to requests by young persons and relevant

 

young adults, of access to information and opinions expressed by persons

 

who have pursued or are pursuing education, training or careers which

 

are of interest to the said young persons and relevant young adults.’.

 


 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

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’.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

43

 

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


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 5th February 2008                

249

 

Education and Skills Bill, continued

 
 

‘(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.’.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

101

 

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

 


 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

44

 

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

 

School Action or School Action Plus programmes,’.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

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.’.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

45

 

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

 

School Action or School Action Plus programmes,’.

 

Mr Gordon Marsden

 

160

 

Clause  65,  page  35,  line  22,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.

 



 
 

Public Bill Committee: 5th February 2008                

250

 

Education and Skills Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

58

 

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

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

46

 

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

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

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.’.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

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.’.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

177

 

Clause  66,  page  37,  line  18,  after ‘“subsection (2B))”;’, insert ‘“( ) In subsection

 

(5)(a) leave out ‘14’ and insert ‘13’”’.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

59

 

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

 



 
 

Public Bill Committee: 5th February 2008                

251

 

Education and Skills Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

49

 

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

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

50

 

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

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

51

 

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

 


 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

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.’.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Mr Stephen Williams

 

158

 

Clause  68,  page  38,  line  36,  at end insert—

 

‘(ii)    

 

(a)    

delete subsection (3)(d), and

 

(b)    

insert—

 

“(8)

in preparing a statement under that section a local

 
  

education authority has a duty to ensure affordable

 
  

transport.”’.

 
 



 
 

Public Bill Committee: 5th February 2008                

252

 

Education and Skills Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

52

 

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

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

116

 

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

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

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.’.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

117

 

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

 

Certificate of Secondary Education,’.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

118

 

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

 

qualification.’.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

119

 

Clause  71,  page  44,  leave out line 37.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

120

 

Clause  71,  page  44,  leave out line 40.


 
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