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House of Commons

Notices of Amendments

given on

Monday 23 February 2009

Public Bill Committee

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Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

1

Clause  192,  page  111,  line  10,  after ‘are’, insert ‘judged by Ofsted to be’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

2

Clause  195,  page  112,  line  46,  at end insert ‘or if the local Commissioner considers

the complaints to be vexatious or malicious’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

3

Clause  97,  page  58,  line  30,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

4

Clause  40,  page  23,  line  37,  at end insert—

‘(e)	barriers to their participation, including caring for a child or a sick family

member, being homeless, experiencing mental health problems or being

a young offender.’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

5

Clause  138,  page  78,  line  31,  at end insert—

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‘(7)	The Secretary of State must not make a determination under subsection (1)

relating to the grading or assessment of qualifications.’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

6

Clause  126,  page  72,  line  46,  at end insert ‘and establish specific and measurable

success criteria for each of its objectives.’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

7

Clause  162,  page  88,  line  37,  at end insert ‘and the extent to which it met

objectives.’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

8

Clause  144,  page  81,  line  10,  leave out from ‘may’ to end of line 11 and insert—

‘(a)	direct a recognised body to take or refrain from taking specified steps

with a view to securing compliance with the condition, and

(b)	direct a recognised body to set the standards in a specified qualification,

on a specified occasion, at a specified level.’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

9

Clause  126,  page  72,  line  26,  at end insert—

‘(i)	the timing of the exam cycle, and the need to allow awarding

bodies sufficient time to develop qualifications.’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

10

Clause  39,  page  19,  line  35,  at end insert—

‘(d)	provide the date of the applicant’s last request for training.’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

11

Clause  39,  page  20,  line  30,  at end insert—

‘(k)	a documented discussion of training needs resulting in a decision on

whether to extend such provision to the applicant took place within the

previous 12 months.’.

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Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill, continued

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

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Clause  39,  page  21,  line  12,  at end insert—

‘(d)	fails to attend more than two consecutive periods of study or training.’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

13

Clause  39,  page  21,  line  14,  at end insert—

‘(4)	Failure to start, attend or complete the agreed study or training shall constitute

permissible grounds for an employer to remove the awarded time off.’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

14

Clause  229,  page  130,  line  31,  at end insert—

‘(f)	any other article which the member of staff considers may cause potential

or imminent harm to the pupil or to others.’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

15

Clause  1,  page  2,  leave out lines 1 and 2.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

16

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  18,  at end insert—

‘(f)	that the person has undergone supervised training in the workplace.’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

17

Clause  2,  page  3,  line  2,  after ‘provide’, insert ‘provided that such evidence

includes evidence of supervised training in the workplace’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

18

Page  3,  line  5,  leave out Clause 3.

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Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill, continued

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

19

Clause  9,  page  5,  line  27,  at end insert—

‘(e)	the qualifications that have been successfully completed, and

(f)	the employer or employers with which the apprentice has trained.’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

20

Clause  10,  page  6,  line  4,  at end insert—

‘(c)	involve an agreement with an employer to train a person, using the

practices, equipment and personnel of his or her enterprise in doing so,

(d)	involve a mixture on on and off-the-job learning, and

(e)	lead to a generally recognised level of proficiency in a trade, profession

or occupation.’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

21

Clause  11,  page  6,  leave out line 20.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

22

Clause  30,  page  13,  line  35,  at end insert—

‘(e)	that the employer agrees to provide supervised workplace training.’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

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Clause  35,  page  16,  line  10,  leave out ‘apprenticeships’ and insert ‘an

apprenticeship as a programme of training which leads to competence in a chosen trade,

profession or occupation.’.

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Revised 24 February 2009