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Public Bill Committee: 7th February 2008                

286

 

Education and Skills Bill, continued

 
 

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.’.

 

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.’.

 



 
 

Public Bill Committee: 7th February 2008                

287

 

Education and Skills Bill, continued

 
 

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

 

184

 

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

 

‘(c)    

the information, advice or guidance to be provided by telephone or other

 

electronic means may include information and options 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—

 

‘(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.’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 7th February 2008                

288

 

Education and Skills Bill, continued

 
 

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’.

 


 

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.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 7th February 2008                

289

 

Education and Skills Bill, continued

 
 

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’.

 


 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

49

 

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


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 7th February 2008                

290

 

Education and Skills Bill, continued

 
 

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.”’.

 
 


 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

52

 

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


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 7th February 2008                

291

 

Education and Skills Bill, continued

 
 

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.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

121

 

Clause  71,  page  44,  leave out line 41.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 7th February 2008                

292

 

Education and Skills Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

122

 

Clause  71,  page  45,  leave out line 1.

 


 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

142

 

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

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

143

 

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

 

educational institutions in England.’.

 


 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

123

 

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

 


 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

124

 

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

 

State’.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

125

 

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

 

State’.


 
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