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House of Commons

 
 

Notices of Amendments

 

given on

 

Tuesday 3 March 2009

 

For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s) of Supplement to Votes:

 

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill Committee 21-54

 

Public Bill Committee


 

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill

 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

Annette Brooke

 

142

 

Clause  61,  page  40,  line  22,  at end add ‘but it may take bonus payments under

 

section 58(4)(a) which relate to attendance, academic performance or completion of

 

course work.’.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

Annette Brooke

 

143

 

Page  45,  line  23,  leave out Clause 74.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

Annette Brooke

 

144

 

Schedule  11,  page  196,  line  24,  leave out ‘Secretary of State’ and insert ‘Children,

 

Schools and Families Committee of the House of Commons.’.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

Annette Brooke

 

145

 

Clause  169,  page  91,  leave out subsection (2).


 
 

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Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill, continued

 
 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

Annette Brooke

 

146

 

Clause  170,  page  92,  line  25,  at end add—

 

‘(6)    

All qualifications which are approved by the QCDA and Ofqual must be funded

 

by the Secretary of State, notwithstanding any advice which may be given to the

 

Secretary of State by the Joint Advisory Commitee for Qualifications Approval

 

or any other body.’.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

Annette Brooke

 

147

 

Clause  182,  page  96,  line  26,  after ‘school’, insert ‘or Academy’.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

Annette Brooke

 

148

 

Clause  192,  page  110,  line  38,  leave out ‘the Secretary of State’ and insert ‘the

 

Office for Standards in Education’.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

Annette Brooke

 

149

 

Clause  194,  page  112,  line  13,  after ‘school’, insert ‘an Academy’.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

Annette Brooke

 

150

 

Clause  210,  page  121,  line  33,  after ‘school’, insert ‘and to the local education

 

authority.’.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

151

 

Clause  3,  page  3,  line  10,  leave out from ‘authorising’ to end of line 11 and insert

 

‘the English certifying authority to charge a fee for supplying a copy of an apprenticeship

 

certificate.’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment is consequent on amendment 156.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

152

 

Clause  4,  page  3,  line  13,  leave out from ‘authority”’ to end of line 23 and insert

 

‘means the Chief Executive of Skills Funding.’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

The effect of this amendment is that the Chief Executive of Skills Funding will be the ‘English cer­

 

tifying authority’ for the purpose of the issue of apprenticeship certificates.


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 3 March 2009                     

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Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill, continued

 
 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

153

 

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  12,  leave out ‘by the Welsh Ministers’ and insert ‘under this

 

section’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment is consequent on amendment 159.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

154

 

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  15,  leave out ‘by the Welsh Ministers’ and insert ‘under this

 

section’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment is consequent on amendment 159.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

155

 

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  17,  leave out ‘by the Welsh Ministers’ and insert ‘under this

 

section’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment is consequent on amendment 159.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

156

 

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  20,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

“Designated” means designated by an order made by the Welsh Ministers.’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This technical amendment provides for designation of the Welsh certifying authority to be made by

 

order of the Welsh Ministers.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

157

 

Clause  10,  page  6,  line  14,  leave out from ‘sector’ to end of line 16 and insert

 

‘stated in it.’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This is a technical drafting amendment reflecting the fact that no more than one apprenticeship

 

sector will be stated in each framework.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

158

 

Clause  11,  page  6,  line  29,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

A designation under this section may be amended or revoked by the Secretary of

 

State.’

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

The amendment enables the Secretary of State to amend or revoke the designation of a person to

 

issue apprenticeship frameworks.


 
 

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Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill, continued

 
 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

159

 

Clause  15,  page  7,  line  27,  leave out ‘the purposes of this Chapter’ and insert ‘all

 

purposes or for purposes specified in the order’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment enables an ‘existing vocational specification’ to be treated as a recognised Eng­

 

lish framework for the purposes of clauses 83 to 91 or other purposes: so an ‘apprenticeship place’

 

(clause 85) could consist of arrangements relating to a ’deemed framework’.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

160

 

Clause  15,  page  7,  line  35,  leave out ‘, for the purposes of this Chapter,’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment is consequent on amendment 163.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

161

 

Clause  15,  page  7,  line  37,  leave out ‘, for the purposes of this Chapter,’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment is consequent on amendment 163.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

162

 

Clause  15,  page  7,  line  40,  leave out ‘, for the purposes of this Chapter,’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment is consequent on amendment 163.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

163

 

Clause  15,  page  7,  line  43,  after ‘and’ insert ‘apprenticeship’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This is a technical drafting amendment to clarify that the reference is to an apprenticeship sector

 

as defined in clause 38.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

164

 

Clause  15,  page  7,  line  43,  leave out ‘, for the purposes of this Chapter,’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment is consequent on amendment 163.


 
 

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Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill, continued

 
 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

165

 

Clause  16,  page  8,  line  25,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

A designation under this section may be amended or revoked by the Welsh

 

Ministers.’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment enables the Welsh Ministers to amend or revoke the designation of a person to

 

issue apprenticeship frameworks.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

166

 

Clause  18,  page  9,  line  8,  at beginning insert ‘in the case of withdrawal otherwise

 

than by the Welsh Ministers,’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment provides that notice of withdrawal of recognition of an apprenticeship framework

 

need only be given to the Welsh Ministers where recognition is withdrawn by someone other than

 

the Welsh Ministers.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

167

 

Clause  20,  page  9,  line  22,  leave out ‘the purposes of this Chapter’ and insert ‘all

 

purposes or for purposes specified in the order’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment enables an ‘existing vocational specification’ to be treated as a recognised Welsh

 

framework for purposes other than those of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Bill.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

168

 

Clause  20,  page  9,  line  30,  leave out ‘, for the purposes of this Chapter,’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment is consequent on amendment 175.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

169

 

Clause  20,  page  9,  line  32,  leave out ‘, for the purposes of this Chapter,’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment is consequent on amendment 175.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

170

 

Clause  20,  page  9,  line  35,  leave out ‘, for the purposes of this Chapter,’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment is consequent on amendment 175.


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 3 March 2009                     

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Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill, continued

 
 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

171

 

Clause  20,  page  9,  line  38,  after ‘and’ insert ‘apprenticeship’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This technical drafting amendment makes equivalent provision for Wales to that made by amend­

 

ment 167.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

172

 

Clause  20,  page  9,  line  38,  leave out ‘, for the purposes of this Chapter,’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment is consequent on amendment 175.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

173

 

Clause  23,  page  11,  line  9,  leave out ‘meets the requirements of’ and insert

 

‘complies with’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

The amendment amends the drafting of clause 23 to achieve consistency with clause 22(2).

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

174

 

Clause  27,  page  12,  line  30,  leave out ‘meets the requirements of’ and insert

 

‘complies with’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment amends the drafting of clause 27 to achieve consistency with clause 26(5).

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

175

 

Clause  30,  page  14,  line  1,  leave out ‘apprenticeship’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This technical drafting amendment reflects the fact that clause 30(4) is making provision about cir­

 

cumstances in which an agreement will be treated as meeting one of the criteria for being an ‘ap­

 

prenticeship agreement’.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

176

 

Clause  30,  page  14,  line  5,  leave out ‘relevant period preceding’ and insert ‘period

 

of three years ending with’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This is a technical drafting amendment, and results in the length of the relevant period being spec­

 

ified within the relevant subsection, rather than in a separate subsection.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

177

 

Clause  30,  page  14,  line  11,  leave out ‘another’ and insert ‘an’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment is consequent on amendment 176.


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 3 March 2009                     

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Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill, continued

 
 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

178

 

Clause  30,  page  14,  line  16,  leave out subsection (5).

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment is consequent on amendment 179.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

179

 

Clause  34,  page  15,  line  28,  leave out from ‘or’ to ‘to’ in line 29 and insert ‘any of

 

sections 83 to 91,’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

The amendment enables regulations under clause 34(5) to provide for any of clauses 83 to 91 to

 

apply with modifications to Crown servants and Parliamentary staff.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

180

 

Clause  35,  page  16,  line  16,  after ‘under’ insert ‘Chapter 1 of Part 1 of’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This is a technical drafting amendment to clarify the reference to the provisions of the Bill under

 

which apprenticeship certificates will be issued.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

181

 

Clause  35,  page  16,  line  18,  leave out from beginning to end of line 19 and insert

 

‘English certifying authority (within the meaning of that Chapter);”.’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment is consequent on amendment 156.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

182

 

Clause  38,  page  17,  line  8,  leave out from ‘authority”’ to end of line 9 and insert

 

‘has the meaning given by section 4;’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment is consequent on amendment 156.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

183

 

Clause  39,  page  20,  line  43,  leave out ‘and (b)’ and insert ‘to (c)’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment is about those who accompany, or seek to accompany, employees to meetings

 

about section 63D applications. It ensures the regulation-making power at new section 63F(4) (in­

 

serted into the Employment Rights Act 1996) includes power to make provision about companions’

 

right not to suffer detriment and about unfair dismissal.


 
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