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House of Commons

Notices of Amendments

given up to and including

Friday 27 February 2009

New Amendments handed in are marked thus

Amendments which will comply with the required notice period at their next appearance

Public Bill Committee

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Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill

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Note

The Amendments have been arranged in the order to be proposed by Jim Knight.

Jim Knight

That the Bill be considered in the following order, namely, Clauses 1 to 39; Schedule

1; Clauses 40 to 56; Schedule 2; Clause 57; Schedule 3; Clauses 58 to 78; Schedule 4;

Clauses 79 to 93; Schedule 5; Clauses 94 to 120; Schedule 6; Clause 121; Schedule 7;

Clause 122; Schedule 8; Clauses 123 and 124; Schedule 9; Clauses 125 to 164; Schedule

10; Clause 166; Schedule 11; Clauses 167 to 182; Clauses 165 and 183; Schedule 12;

Clauses 184 to 191; Schedule 13; Clauses 192 and 193; Schedule 14; Clauses 194 to 212;

Schedule 15; Clauses 213 to 252; Schedule 16; Clauses 253 to 256; new Clauses, new

Schedules, remaining proceedings on the Bill.

Jim Knight

That, subject to the discretion of the Chairman, any written evidence received by the

Committee shall be reported to the House for publication.

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Jim Knight

That, at this and any subsequent meeting at which oral evidence is to be heard, the

Committee shall sit in private until the witnesses are admitted.

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.

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

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(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

44

Clause  21,  page  10,  line  16,  leave out ‘such persons as the Chief Executive thinks

appropriate’ and insert ‘representatives of industry, employers, sectoral bodies, the further

education sector and other persons the Chief Executive thinks appropriate.’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

45

Clause  21,  page  10,  line  17,  at end insert—

‘(2A)

In preparing the draft, the Chief Executive must consult employers regarding the

self-specification and self-assessment of apprenticeship standards for any

schemes they provide.’.

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Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

46

Clause  23,  page  10,  line  40,  at end insert—

‘(aa)

consult representatives of industry, employers and the further education

sector on the proposed new draft modifications.’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

47

Clause  25,  page  11,  line  33,  at end insert—

‘(d)	must specify that these requirements include some element of supervised

training in the workplace.’.

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

23

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.’.

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.’.

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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.’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

12

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

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 Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

24

Clause  74,  page  45,  line  25,  after ‘State’, insert ‘, subject to the agreement of the

relevant Academy.’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

26

Clause  74,  page  45,  line  29,  at end insert—

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‘(2A)

For the purposes of subsection (2) “Academy arrangements” require the YPLA to

support the objective of the autonomy of Academies wherever it is reasonable to

do so.’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

25

Clause  74,  page  45,  line  39,  after ‘section’, insert ‘, except any functions related to

the monitoring and assessment of school performance’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

27

Clause  75,  page  46,  line  18,  at end insert—

‘(e)	require the YPLA to support the successful establishment of Academy

sixth forms.’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

48

Clause  80,  page  50,  line  6,  after ‘agreement’, insert ‘that includes specific

requirements for supervised training in the workplace,’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

49

Clause  85,  page  52,  line  13,  at end insert—

‘(d)	arrangements for courses of training at a college or other institution must

included some form of specific training in the workplace.’.

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Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

3

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

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

30

Clause  119,  page  69,  line  38,  at end insert—

‘(c)	enables personal data to be shared between persons to whom this section

applies without first gaining the consent of the individual to whom it

belongs.’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

28

Schedule  8,  page  175,  line  21,  leave out from ‘that’ to end of line 24 and insert—

‘(za)

it is reasonable to classify the institution as a sixth form college.’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

29

Schedule  8,  page  176,  line  43,  leave out subsection (3).

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

40

Schedule  9,  page  191,  line  14,  at end insert—

‘(3A)

An ordinary member must not have financial or other occupational interests that

might be regarded as constituting a conflict of interest with that of promoting the

objectives of Ofqual.’.

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Revised 2 March 2009