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Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

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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

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.’.

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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.’.

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 176.

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Mr Siôn Simon

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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).

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.

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

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.’.

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Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

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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”.’.

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 152.

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 152.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

103

Clause  39,  page  18,  line  5,  leave out ‘A’ and insert ‘Where an employer does not

have acceptable annual arrangements for discussing employees’ training needs in place

through annual performance reviews or other arrangements, a’.

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Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

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Clause  39,  page  18,  line  23,  at end insert—

‘(6A)

An employee is also a qualifying employee for the purposes of this section if the

employee is a qualified school teacher with responsibility for educating children

with special educational needs and who requests training to ensure the needs of

these children will be met.’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

104

Clause  39,  page  19,  line  28,  at end insert—

‘(v)	the date of the applicant’s last request for training.’.

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.’.

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.’.

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)

(inserted into the Employment Rights Act 1996) includes power to make provision about

companions’ right not to suffer detriment and about unfair dismissal.

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.’.

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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.’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

184

Clause  39,  page  23,  line  6,  leave out ‘learning support’ and insert ‘section 63D’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment makes new section 104E (which is inserted into the Employment Rights Act 1996)

consistent with other provisions inserted by clause 39, which refer to a ‘section 63D application’.

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 David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

112

Clause  40,  page  24,  line  44,  leave out subsection (b).

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

118

Clause  40,  page  25,  line  15,  after ‘other’, insert ‘, further education colleges, sixth

form colleges, schools with sixth forms and academies with sixth forms,’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

119

Clause  40,  page  25,  line  16,  at end add—

‘( )	The Secretary of State must specifiy areas into which England is to be divided for

the purposes of section 15ZA, and must publish any specification or revised

specification under this section.’.

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Mrs Maria Miller

Mr John Hayes

Bill Wiggin

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Page  26,  line  10,  leave out Clause 43.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mrs Maria Miller

Mr John Hayes

Bill Wiggin

127

Clause  47,  page  29,  line  32,  leave out ‘A local education authority’ and insert ‘The

Young People’s Learning Agency’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

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Clause  47,  page  29,  line  38,  at end insert—

‘(1A)

In deciding for the purposes of subsection (1) whether education or training is

enough to meet persons’ reasonable needs, a minimum of 30 hours per week of

education and skills training must be provided.’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mrs Maria Miller

Mr John Hayes

Bill Wiggin

128

Clause  47,  page  30,  line  2,  leave out ‘a local education authority’ and insert ‘the

Young People’s Learning Agency’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mrs Maria Miller

Mr John Hayes

Bill Wiggin

129

Clause  47,  page  30,  line  7,  leave out ‘a local education authority’ and insert ‘the

Young People’s Learning Agency’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mrs Maria Miller

Mr John Hayes

Bill Wiggin

130

Clause  47,  page  30,  line  9,  leave out ‘a local education authority’ and insert ‘the

Young People’s Learning Agency’.

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