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| Thursday 24th January 2008 |
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| Education and Skills Bill
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| | The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the |
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| | Committee [22nd January]. |
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| | That the Order of the Committee of 22nd January 2008 be amended as follows: |
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| | (a) | leave out the second entry relating to Tuesday 29th January and insert— |
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| | Until no later than 12.15 p.m. |
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| | (b) | leave out the fourth entry relating to that day and insert— |
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| | Until no later than 4.50 p.m. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 10, at end insert ‘; and |
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| | (d) | who agrees in writing, on ceasing to be of compulsory school age, that it |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 10, at end insert ‘; and |
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| | (d) | is not participating in a gap year prior to pursuing a level 3 qualification |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 10, at end add ‘, and |
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| | ‘(d) | has not been issued with a waiver certificates by a local authority.’. |
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| Clause 2, page 1, line 12, leave out ‘must’ and insert ‘shall be entitled to’. |
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| Clause 2, page 1, leave out line 12 and insert— |
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| | ‘(1) | A local authority in England shall enable and assist a person belonging to its area |
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| | to whom this Part applies to—’. |
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| Clause 2, page 1, line 17, leave out from beginning to end of line 8 on page 2 and |
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| | ‘(c) | be in full-time occupation (see section 5).’. |
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| Clause 2, page 2, line 8, at end add— |
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| | ‘(3) | The Secretary of State shall specify by order arrangements and duties applicable |
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| | to a person to whom this Part applies who has significant responsibilities for |
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| | caring for parents, siblings or other close relatives.’. |
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| Clause 2, page 2, line 8, at end add— |
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| | ‘(3) | The Secretary of State shall specify by order arrangements and duties applicable |
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| | to a person to whom this Part applies who has significant responsibilities for |
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| | caring for their own children.’. |
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| Clause 2, page 2, line 8, at end add— |
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| | ‘( ) | This section may not come into force before the Secretary of State has certified |
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| | that in his opinion there are sufficient contracts of apprenticeship available to |
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| | meet in full the level of demand for such contracts by persons to whom this Part |
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| Clause 3, page 2, line 11, after ‘means,’, insert— |
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| | ‘(a) | the Cambridge Assessment Pre-U qualification in two subjects, and, |
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| Clause 3, page 2, line 20, at end insert ‘, subject to the approval of the Secretary of |
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| Clause 3, page 2, leave out lines 23 and 24. |
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| Clause 5, page 2, line 41, leave out ‘20’ and insert ‘16’. |
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| Clause 6, page 3, line 46, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(1A) | In-house training provided by employers is regarded as “relevant training or |
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| | education” for the purposes of this Part’. |
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| Clause 6, page 3, line 46, at end insert— |
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| | ‘( ) | The Secretary of State may specify by order other non-formal education or |
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| | training that will be regarded as “relevant training or education” for the purposes |
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| Clause 6, page 4, line 1, after ‘means’, insert— |
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| | ‘(a) | the iGCSE and Cambridge Assessment Pre-U qualifications; and |
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| Page 3, line 44, leave out Clause 6. |
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| Page 4, line 5, leave out Clause 7. |
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| Page 4, line 19, leave out Clause 8. |
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| Page 5, line 7, leave out Clause 9. |
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| Clause 10, page 5, line 35, leave out from ‘applies’ to end of line 36. |
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| Clause 10, page 5, line 36, at end add— |
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| | ‘(2) | In exercising its functions in subsection (1), a local authority must ensure that it |
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| | promotes the effective participation of persons belonging to its area to whom this |
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| | Part applies and who have special educational needs.’. |
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| Clause 10, page 5, line 36, at end add— |
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| | ‘(2) | The local authority shall have the power to grant a waiver from the duty imposed |
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| | by section 2 where it believes that this would not be in the best interests of the |
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| Clause 10, page 5, line 36, at end add— |
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| | ‘(2) | Each local authority shall conduct an annual audit into the sufficiency and |
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| | diversity of educational provision to assess its adequacy for fulfilling its functions |
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| Page 6, line 18, leave out Clause 12. |
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| Clause 14, page 7, line 29, after ‘authority’, insert ‘provided that the relevant pupil |
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| or student has given written consent for the information to be provided.’. |
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| Clause 14, page 7, line 36, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(3A) | Any pupil or student to whom subsection (1) applies shall have the right to |
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| | examine any relevant information requested by a local authority before that |
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| | information is provided by the responsible person to the authority.’. |
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| Clause 14, page 7, line 36, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(3A) | Any pupil or student to whom subsection (1) applies shall be given the |
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| | opportunity to correct any relevant information regarded by him as inaccurate, |
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| | subject to the agreement of the responsible person. |
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| | (3B) | For the purposes of subsection (3A), when agreement cannot be reached between |
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| | the pupil or student and the responsible person the Information Commissioner |
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| | shall decide what correction, if any, should be made to the relevant information.’. |
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| Clause 14, page 7, leave out lines 43 and 44 and insert ‘has not given written consent |
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| to the responsible person to provide information of that kind under this section.’. |
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| Clause 57, page 30, line 34, at beginning insert ‘Subject to the written consent of |
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| Clause 57, page 30, line 37, at end insert ‘to the extent that fulfilling such duty |
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| conforms to Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.’. |
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| Clause 15, page 8, line 4, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(1A) | Information may only be supplied under subsection (1) if the Secretary of State |
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| | regards the provision of the information to be proportionate to the aims of the |
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| | local education authority in the exercise of its functions under this Part.’. |
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| Clause 15, page 8, line 4, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(1A) | Information may only be supplied under subsection (1) if the local education |
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| | authority requesting the information regards the provision of the information to |
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| | be proportionate to the aims of the local education authority in the exercise of its |
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| | functions under this Part.’. |
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| Clause 15, page 8, line 4, at end insert— |
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| | ‘( ) | Information may only be supplied under subsection (1) if the person to whom the |
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| | information relates has given written consent that such information can be |
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