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| Page 73, line 16, leave out Clause 133. |
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| Clause 148, page 83, line 3, leave out ‘71’ and insert ‘(Benefit and training |
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| Clause 149, page 83, line 21, at end insert— |
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| | ‘( ) | Section 2 may not come into force before the Secretary of State has certified that |
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| | based on local education authority assessments there is sufficient and diverse |
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| | education and training provision to meet the needs of persons to whom Part 1 |
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| Clause 149, page 83, line 21, at end insert— |
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| | ‘( ) | Sections 45 to 48 come into force at the end of the period of 2 years beginning |
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| | with the day on which this Act is passed.’. |
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| Clause 149, page 83, line 21, at end insert— |
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| | ‘( ) | Part 4 may not come into force until the Secretary of State has held a public |
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| | consultation on the effects of its coming into force and published the results of |
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| Clause 149, page 83, line 38, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(4A) | The Secretary of State may not make an order under subsection (4) containing |
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| | provisions for the coming into force of Part 1 unless he has laid before Parliament |
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| | a report that shows that 95 per cent. of students have attained level 4 or above in |
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| | (a) mathematics and (b) English as measured by Key Stage 2 National SATS.’. |
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| Clause 149, page 83, line 40, leave out ‘71’ and insert ‘(Benefit and training |
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| Clause 149, page 83, line 41, at end add— |
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| | ‘(5A) | Before making an order under subsection (4) containing provision for the coming |
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| | into force of section 77 the Secretary of State must publish a revised Regulatory |
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| | Impact Assessment relating to the provisions in Part 4.’. |
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| Clause 149, page 83, line 41, at end add— |
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| | ‘(5A) | Before making an order under subsection (4) containing provision for the coming |
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| | into force of section 129 the Secretary of State must publish a report setting out |
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| | his estimate of the costs that local authorities would incur in fulfilling their duty |
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| | to assess the quality and suitability of the independent schools to which section |
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| Clause 149, page 84, line 16, leave out ‘2015’ and insert ‘2017’. |
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| | Powers of National Assembly for Wales |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | In Part 1 of Schedule 5 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (Assembly |
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| | Measures), field 5 (education and training) is amended as follows. |
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| | (2) | After matter 5.4 insert— |
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| | | The regulation of schools that are not maintained by local education |
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| | authorities, other than nursery schools.” |
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| | (3) | In matter 5.15 after “The inspection of—” insert— |
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| | “(za) | schools that are not maintained by local education authorities, |
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| | other than nursery schools; |
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| | (zb) | education or training provided otherwise than by schools within |
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| | paragraph (za) for children who are not above compulsory |
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| | (4) | In that matter, in paragraph (b), for “such institutions” substitute “institutions |
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| | within paragraph (za) or (a)”. |
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| | (5) | In matter 5.16 after “mentioned in” insert “paragraphs (a) to (d) of”.’. |
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| | Benefit and training information |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | Information within subsection (2) or (3) may be— |
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| | (a) | used in connection with the exercise of an assessment function of the |
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| | Secretary of State or a devolved authority, or |
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| | (b) | disclosed to a person for use in connection with the exercise of an |
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| | assessment function of the Secretary of State or a devolved authority. |
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| | (2) | Information is within this subsection if— |
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| | (a) | it is about an individual who has attained the age of 19, and |
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| | (b) | it is held by the Secretary of State for the purposes of any function of the |
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| | Secretary of State relating to social security. |
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| | (3) | Information is within this subsection if— |
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| | (a) | it is about an individual who has attained the age of 19, |
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| | (b) | it is held by the Secretary of State or a devolved authority, and |
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| | (c) | it relates to any training or course of education undertaken by the |
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| | individual (whether before or after the individual attained the age of 19). |
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| | (4) | For the purposes of this section and sections (Revenue and Customs information) |
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| | to 74, “assessment function” means any of the following functions— |
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| | (a) | evaluating the effectiveness of training or education provided for persons |
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| | who have attained the age of 19; |
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| | (b) | assessing policy in relation to the provision of such training or education; |
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| | (c) | assessing policy in relation to social security or employment as it affects |
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| | the provision of or participation in such training or education.’. |
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| | Revenue and Customs information |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs may disclose |
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| | information relating to income tax or tax credits to a person for use in connection |
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| | with the exercise of an assessment function of the Secretary of State or a devolved |
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| | (2) | The reference in subsection (1) to the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue |
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| | and Customs includes a reference to a person authorised by the Commissioners.’. |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | Information disclosed to a person in reliance on section (Benefit and training |
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| | information)(1)(b) or (Revenue and Customs information) may be used by that |
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| | person only in connection with the exercise of an assessment function of the |
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| | Secretary of State or a devolved authority. |
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| | (2) | Subsection (3) applies where information about an individual is used in |
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| | connection with the exercise of an assessment function of the Secretary of State |
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| | (a) | in reliance on section (Benefit and training information)(1)(a), or |
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| | (b) | under subsection (1) above. |
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| | (3) | So far as is reasonably practicable, the information must not be used in such a way |
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| | that the identity of the individual is disclosed to, or capable of being discovered |
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| | by, a person carrying out an evaluation or assessment of a kind mentioned in |
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| | section (Benefit and training information)(4)(a) to (c).’. |
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| | Learning and support contracts |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | This section applies where a person to whom this Part applies (“the young |
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| | person”) is failing to fulfil the duty imposed by section 2. |
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| | (2) | A local education authority in England may enter into a learning and support |
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| | contract with a young person— |
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| | (a) | if the young person is resident in that authority’s area; and |
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| | (b) | the authority considers that entering into the learning and support |
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| | contract would be desirable in the interests of the young person’s |
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| | (3) | A learning and support contract is a document which contains— |
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| | (a) | a statement by the young person that the young person agrees to comply |
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| | with such requirements as may be specified in the document for such |
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| | period as so may be specified; and |
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| | (b) | a statement by the local education authority that it agrees to provide |
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| | support to the young person for the purpose of complying with those |
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| | (4) | A learning and support contract must be signed by the young person, and signed |
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| | on behalf of the local education authority. |
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| | (5) | A learning and support contract does not create any obligations in respect of |
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| | whose breach any liability arises in contract or tort.’. |
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| | Duty to assess education and training provision |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | A local education authority in England must prepare assessments of the |
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| | sufficiency of the provision of education and training provision in their area |
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| | (“education and training assessments”). |
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| | (2) | The first education and training assessment must be prepared before the end of |
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| | the period of one year beginning with the commencement of this section. |
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| | (3) | Subsequent education and training assessments must be prepared at intervals not |
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| | (4) | The authority must keep an education and training assessment prepared by them |
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| | under review until the education and training assessment is superseded by a |
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| | further education and training assessment. |
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| | (5) | Regulations may make provision requiring an education and training |
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| | (a) | to deal with prescribed matters, or be prepared according to prescribed |
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| | (b) | to be in the prescribed form; and |
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| | (c) | to be published in the prescribed manner. |
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| | (6) | In preparing an education and training assessment and keeping it under review, a |
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| | local education authority in England must— |
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| | (a) | consult such persons, or persons of such a description, as may be |
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| | Duty to secure sufficient and diverse education and training provision |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | A local education authority in England must secure, as far as is reasonably |
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| | practicable, that the provision of education and training is sufficient to meet the |
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| | requirements of young persons in their area. |
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| | (2) | In determining for the purposes of subsection (1) whether the provision of |
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| | education and training is sufficient to meet those requirements, a local |
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| | (a) | must have regard to the needs of young persons in their area for a diverse |
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| | range of academic and vocational provision, |
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| | (b) | must have regard to the provision of education and training which is |
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| | suitable for disabled young persons and those with learning difficulties, |
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| | (c) | may have regard to any education and training which they expect to be |
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| | available outside their area. |
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| | (3) | In discharging its duty under subsection (1), a local education authority must have |
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| | regard to any guidance given from time to time by the Secretary of State. |
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| | (4) | The Secretary of State may by order amend subsection (2) so as to modify the |
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| | matters to which a local education authority must or may have regard in |
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| | determining whether the provision of education and training is sufficient. |
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| | “young person” means a person aged 16 to 18 years; |
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| | “disabled young person” means a young person who has a disability for the |
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| | purposes of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c. 50).’. |
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| | Waiver of duty to participate on grounds of religious observance |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘The Secretary of State shall by regulation define days on which those observing |
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| | particular religious faiths shall be excused from the duties to participate |
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| | prescribed in this Act.’. |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | Each educational institution shall be obliged to create a council made up of those |
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| | attending that institution (“a student council”). |
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| | (a) | the local education authority shall be obliged to issue quarterly reports to |
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| | each student council, and to respond to any comments received from each |
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| | (3) | The Secretary of State shall issue regulations relating to the composition and |
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| | election of a student council, and to respond to any comments received from each |
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| | (4) | In this section “educational institution” has the same meaning as in Section 13.’. |
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| | Order of the House [14th January 2008] |
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| | That the following provisions shall apply to the Education and Skills Bill: |
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| | 1. | The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee. |
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| | Proceedings in Public Bill Committee |
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| | 2. | Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously |
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| | concluded) be brought to a conclusion on 28th February 2008. |
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| | 3. | The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on |
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| | Consideration and Third Reading |
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| | 4. | Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be |
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| | brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the |
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| | day on which those proceedings are commenced. |
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| | 5. | Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be |
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| | brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day. |
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| | 6. | Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to |
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| | proceedings on consideration and Third Reading. |
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| | 7. | Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on |
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| | consideration of Lords Amendments or on any further messages from the |
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| | Lords) may be programmed. |
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| | ORDER OF THE COMMITTEE [22nd January 2008]
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| | AS AMENDED BY THE ORDERS OF 24th January 2008 |
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| | (1) | the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 10.30 a.m. on Tuesday |
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| | (a) | at 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday 22nd January; |
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| | (b) | at 9.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. on Thursday 24th January; |
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| | (c) | at 10.30 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday 29th January; |
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| | (d) | at 9.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. on Thursday 31st January; |
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| | (e) | at 10.30 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday 5th February; |
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| | (f) | at 9.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. on Thursday 7th February; |
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| | (g) | at 10.30 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday 19th February; |
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| | (h) | at 9.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. on Thursday 21st February; |
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| | (i) | at 10.30 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday 26th February; |
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| | (j) | at 9.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. on Thursday 28th February. |
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