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House of Commons

Notices of Amendments

given on

Friday 6 March 2009

For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s) of Supplement to Votes:

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill Committee 63-110 and 111-19

Public Bill Committee

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Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

246

Clause  39,  page  20,  line  9,  after ‘employer’ insert ‘has reasonable grounds to

think’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

247

Clause  39,  page  20,  line  12,  leave out ‘thinks’ and insert ‘has reasonable grounds to

think’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

248

Clause  39,  page  20,  line  20,  leave out paragraph (b) and insert ‘the burden of

additional costs is unreasonable in proportion to the value to be derived from the proposed

study or training;’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

249

Clause  39,  page  20,  line  26,  leave out ‘insufficiency of work’ and insert ‘inability

to provide sufficient work’.

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Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill, continued

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

250

Clause  40,  page  23,  leave out lines 21 to 26 and insert—

‘(1)	A local education authority in England must secure the provision of proper

facilities for education and training (as defined by subsection 2) suitable to the

requirements of persons in their area—

(a)	who are above compulsory school age and under 19, and

(b)	who are aged over 19 or over but under 25 and subject to learning

difficulty assessment.

(2)	Facilities are proper if they are—

(a)	of a quality sufficient to meet the reasonable needs of individuals, and

(b)	of a quality adequate to meet those needs.’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

251

Clause  40,  page  23,  line  22,  leave out ‘reasonable’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

252

Clause  40,  page  23,  line  31,  leave out ‘to meet persons’ reasonable needs’ and

insert ‘to the requirements of persons in their area.’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

253

Clause  40,  page  23,  line  31,  leave out ‘reasonable’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

254

Clause  44,  page  27,  line  14,  leave out ‘that an authority decide’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

255

Clause  44,  page  27,  line  38,  at end insert—

‘(9)	Provision is not be be considered as giving rise to disproportionate expenditure

only because that provision is more expensive than comparable provision.’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

256

Clause  58,  page  38,  leave out lines 6 to 12 and insert—

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Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill, continued

‘(a)	local education authorities for the purposes of their functions in relation

to the education or training of persons—

(i)	who are compulsory school age but under 19, or

(ii)	who are aged 19 or over but under 25 and are subject to learning

difficulty assessment;

(b)	persons providing or proposing to provide education or training for such

persons in pursuance or arrangements made by local education

authorities in the discharge of those functions.’.

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Revised 9 March 2009