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Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Bill Wiggin

 

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Clause  47,  page  30,  line  11,  leave out ‘a local education authority in’ and insert ‘the

 

Young People’s Learning Agency’.

 


 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Bill Wiggin

 

132

 

Clause  49,  page  31,  line  11,  leave out ‘home authority’ and insert ‘Young People’s

 

Learning Agency’.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Bill Wiggin

 

133

 

Clause  49,  page  31,  line  15,  leave out subsection (3).

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Bill Wiggin

 

134

 

Clause  49,  page  31,  line  27,  leave out ‘a local authority’ and insert ‘the Young

 

People’s Learning Agency’.

 


 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

Annette Brooke

 

125

 

Clause  51,  page  32,  line  43,  at end add—

 

‘( )    

In section 509AB of the Education Act 1996 (c. 56) (further provision about

 

transport policy statement) after subsection (7) insert—

 

“(8)    

In performing the duty to consult, an authority shall have regard to any

 

guidance issued by the Secretary of State concerning the timing and

 

manner of consultations under this section.

 

(9)    

An authority shall make available to persons or bodies it proposes to

 

consult under this section such information as may be prescribed and is


 
 

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in its possession or control; and it shall do so in such form and manner,

 

and at such time, as may be prescribed.”.’.

 


 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Bill Wiggin

 

105

 

Clause  57,  page  37,  line  28,  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

The YPLA is not permitted to employ more than 500 people in total.’.

 


 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

Annette Brooke

 

121

 

Schedule  3,  page  155,  line  5,  at end insert—

 

‘(d)    

at least one principal or governor of a futher education college, and

 

(e)    

at least one principal or governor of a sixth form college.’.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Bill Wiggin

 

126

 

Schedule  3,  page  157,  line  4,  at end insert—

 

‘(6)    

The YPLA must have regard to regulations in relation to a committee, established

 

jointly with the Chief Executive of Skills Funding, with responsibility for capital

 

building projects for further education and sixth form colleges.’.

 


 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

Annette Brooke

 

122

 

Clause  58,  page  38,  line  12,  leave out ‘such education and training’ and insert

 

‘subsection (a) (i)’.

 



 
 

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Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Bill Wiggin

 

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Clause  60,  page  40,  line  16,  at end add—

 

‘(3)    

The YPLA must consult with the following when adopting or developing

 

schemes as set out in subsection (1)—

 

(a)    

the Chief Executive of Skills Funding,

 

(b)    

a local education authority in England, and

 

(c)    

Ofsted.’.

 


 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

Annette Brooke

 

142

 

Parliamentary Star - white    

Clause  61,  page  40,  line  22,  at end add ‘but it may not make 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

 

120

 

Clause  64,  page  41,  line  24,  at end add—

 

‘(6)    

A further education college may inform YPLA if it is satisfied that a local

 

education authority is failing, or is likely to fail, to perform its duty under section

 

15ZA of the Education Act 1996.’.

 


 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Bill Wiggin

 

24

 

Clause  74,  page  45,  line  25,  after ‘State’, insert ‘, subject to the agreement of the

 

relevant Academy.’.


 
 

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Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Bill Wiggin

 

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Clause  74,  page  45,  line  29,  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

For the purposes of subsection (2) “Academy arrangements” require the YPLA to

 

support the objective of the autonomy of Academies wherever it is reasonable to

 

do so.’.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Bill Wiggin

 

25

 

Clause  74,  page  45,  line  39,  after ‘section’, insert ‘, except any functions related to

 

the monitoring and assessment of school performance’.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

Annette Brooke

 

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Page  45,  line  23,  leave out Clause 74.

 


 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Bill Wiggin

 

27

 

Clause  75,  page  46,  line  18,  at end insert—

 

‘(e)    

require the YPLA to support the successful establishment of Academy

 

sixth forms.’.

 


 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Bill Wiggin

 

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Clause  78,  page  48,  line  8,  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

The Chief Executive may not employ more than 1,800 people in total.’.

 



 
 

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Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Bill Wiggin

 

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Clause  79,  page  48,  line  27,  at end insert—

 

‘(e)    

requiring the Chief Executive to secure that the person designated under

 

subsection (1) is responsive to employers’ needs in relation to the

 

provision of apprenticeships.’.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

185

 

Parliamentary Star - white    

Clause  79,  page  49,  line  1,  leave out ‘issued by the English certifying authority’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment is consequent on amendment 152.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

186

 

Parliamentary Star - white    

Clause  79,  page  49,  line  22,  leave out ‘(3)’ and insert ‘(4)’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This is a technical drafting amendment correcting a cross-reference.

 


 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Bill Wiggin

 

48

 

Clause  80,  page  50,  line  6,  after ‘agreement’, insert ‘that includes specific

 

requirements for supervised training in the workplace,’.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

Annette Brooke

 

113

 

Clause  80,  page  50,  line  7,  leave out subsection (b).

 


 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Bill Wiggin

 

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Parliamentary Star    

Clause  81,  page  50,  line  11,  leave out ‘local education authorities’ and insert

 

‘employers and providers of training’.


 
 

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Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Bill Wiggin

 

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Parliamentary Star    

Clause  81,  page  50,  line  14,  leave out subsection (5).

 


 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

Annette Brooke

 

114

 

Clause  83,  page  50,  line  42,  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

whose employer, under which an apprenticeship agreement has been

 

entered into, has withdrawn from the agreement.’.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

Annette Brooke

 

115

 

Clause  83,  page  51,  line  6,  at end insert—

 

‘(d)    

where no suitable employer is available arrangements will be made for

 

persons eligible under subsection (1) to begin training or study until such

 

time when arrangements for employment can be made.’.

 


 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Bill Wiggin

 

49

 

Clause  85,  page  52,  line  13,  at end insert—

 

‘(d)    

arrangements for courses of training at a college or other institution must

 

included some form of specific training in the workplace.’.

 


 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

Annette Brooke

 

116

 

Clause  86,  page  52,  line  42,  after ‘(5) (a)’, insert ‘which may align with boundaries

 

defined in sub-regional groupings’.

 



 
 

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Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Bill Wiggin

 

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Parliamentary Star    

Clause  89,  page  54,  line  17,  leave out ‘suspend’ and insert ‘reduce’.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Bill Wiggin

 

207

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  89,  page  54,  line  20,  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

and after consultation with representatives of employers and providers

 

from the sector.’.

 


 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

Annette Brooke

 

117

 

Clause  93,  page  56,  line  10,  leave out from ‘is’ to end of line 12 and insert ‘either—

 

(a)    

education or vocational training provided by means of a course of study

 

for a qualification to which paragraph 1 of Schedule 5 applies, or

 

(b)    

an apprenticeship.’.

 


 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Bill Wiggin

 

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Parliamentary Star    

Schedule  5,  page  165,  line  14,  after ‘education’, insert ‘and the International

 

General Certificate of Secondary Education’.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Bill Wiggin

 

202

 

Parliamentary Star    

Schedule  5,  page  165,  line  18,  after ‘Education’ insert ‘and the Cambridge Pre-U’.

 



 
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