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House of Commons

Tuesday 3 March 2009

Public Bill Committee

New Amendments handed in are marked thus

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

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill

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Note

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Resolution of the

Programming Sub-Committee [2 March 2009]

Resolution of the Programming Sub-Committee

The Programming Sub-Committee appointed by the Speaker in respect of the Bill

agreed the following Resolution at its meeting on Monday 2 March (Standing Order No.

83C):

That—

(1)	the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 10.30 am on Tuesday

3 March) meet—

(a)	at 4.00 pm on Tuesday 3 March;

(b)	at 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 5 March;

(c)	at 10.30 am and 4.00 pm on Tuesday 10 March;

(d)	at 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 12 March;

(e)	at 10.30 am and 4.00 pm on Tuesday 17 March;

(f)	at 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 19 March;

(g)	at 10.30 am and 4.00 pm on Tuesday 24 March;

(h)	at 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 26 March;

(i)	at 10.30 am and 4.00 pm on Tuesday 31 March;

(2)	the Committee shall hear oral evidence in accordance with the following

Table:

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TABLE

	Date	Time	Witness
	Tuesday 3 March	Until no later than 12 noon	Confederation of British
			Industry; British
			Chambers of Commerce;
			Trades Union Congress;
			Alliance of Sector Skills
			Councils
	Tueday 3 March	Until no later than 1.00 pm	Association of Colleges;
			157 Group; Sixth Form
			Colleges Forum; Public
			and Commercial Services
			Union; National Institute
			of Adult and Continuing
			Education
	Tuesday 3 March	Until no later than 5.30 pm	Association of Directors
			of Children’s Services;
			Local Government
			Association; Specialist
			Schools and Academies
			Trust; The Harris
			Foundation; Connexions
			Greater Merseyside
	Tuesday 3 March	Until no later than 7.00 pm	Office of the
			Qualifications and
			Examinations Regulator;
			Qualifications and
			Curriculum Authority;
			Oxford Cambridge and
			RSA Examinations;
			Assessment and
			Qualifications Alliance
	Thursday 5 March	Until no later than 10.25 am	Association of School and
			College Leaders; National
			Association of
			Schoolmasters and Union
			of Women Teachers;
			National Union of
			Teachers
	Thursday 5 March	Until no later than 2.00 pm	Sir Alan Steer
	Thursday 5 March	Until no later than 3.00 pm	Action for Children;
			4Children; Families Need
			Fathers; Family and
			Parenting Institute
	Thursday 5 March	Until no later than 4.00 pm	UNISON; GMB; UNITE;
			Local Government
			Employers; Foundation
			and Aided Schools
			National Association
	Tuesday 10 March	Until no later than 1.00 pm	Department for Children,
			Schools and Families;
			Department for
			Innovation, Universities
			and Skills

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(3)	proceedings on consideration of the Bill in Committee shall be taken in the

following order: 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.

(4)	the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a

conclusion at 7.00 pm on Tuesday 31 March.

Jim Knight has given notice of his intention to move a motion in the terms of the

Resoultion of the Programming Sub-Committee [Standing Order No.83C].

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.

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.

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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

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

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

108

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

‘(e)	the name of the further education college where a course of training has

been completed.’.

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Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

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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

100

Clause  14,  page  7,  line  21,  after ‘such’, insert ‘reasonable’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

101

Clause  14,  page  7,  line  22,  after ‘appropriate’, insert ‘, provided such requirements

are not burdensome’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

102

Clause  14,  page  7,  line  24,  after ‘decision’, insert ‘within two weeks of the making

of the decision.’.

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Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

109

Clause  15,  page  7,  line  29,  after ‘certificates’, insert ‘following consultation with

any institutions involved in the provision of education and training associated with the

exisiting vocational specification.’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

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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.’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

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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.’.

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Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

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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

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

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

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

110

Clause  35,  page  16,  line  5,  leave out subsections (2) and (3) and insert—

‘(2)	In subsection (2A) after “in respect of 16 to 18 education or training” insert

“including apprenticeships”.

(3)	In subsection (2B) omit “which the person giving it considers”.’.

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.’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

111

Clause  35,  page  16,  line  13,  at end add—

‘(3A)

In subsection (4) after “the Secretary of State” insert “and is subject to monitoring

by the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills”.’.

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Revised 3 March 2009