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(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:

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
	Tuesday 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; 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.

NOTICES WITHDRAWN

The following Notices have been withdrawn:

Stephen Williams

Mr David Laws

Annette Brooke

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Clause  15,  page  7,  line  29,  at end insert ‘following consultation with any

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

existing vocational specification.’.

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Mrs Sharon Hodgson

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Clause  40,  page  24,  line  38,  at end insert—

‘(9A)

Every local education authority shall record the number of learners with learning

difficulties in its area for whom suitable education has not been provided and

report this information annually to the Secretary of State, who may require any

local education authority to provide information on the measures it is taking, if

any, to ensure that the number of learners in this situation reduces over time.’.

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Revised 12 March 2009