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House of Commons

Thursday 12 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

Note

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

Committee [3 March 2009]

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

228

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

‘(2A)
In this Chapter “disability accessibility standard” means specified criteria to

ensure the inclusive design of framework and assessment processes to meet the

needs of apprentices with learning difficulties.’.

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.

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Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill, continued

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

21

Clause  11,  page  6,  leave out line 20.

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.

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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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

English 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’.

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.’.

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 159.

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 159.

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 159.

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.

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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 159.

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 167.

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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 167.

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 167.

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

amendment 163.

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 167.

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.’.

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).

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.’.

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).

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.’.

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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

circumstances in which an agreement will be treated as meeting one of the criteria for being an

‘apprenticeship 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

specified 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 175.

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 176.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

203

Clause  34,  page  15,  line  28,  leave out subsection (5).