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House of Commons

Tuesday 10 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

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Note

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

Committee [3 March 2009]

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

15

Clause  1,  page  2,  leave out lines 1 and 2.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

16

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  18,  at end insert—

‘(f)	that the person has undergone supervised training in the workplace.’.

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Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

17

Clause  2,  page  3,  line  2,  after ‘provide’, insert ‘provided that such evidence

includes evidence of supervised training in the workplace’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

151

Clause  3,  page  3,  line  10,  leave out from ‘authorising’ to end of line 11 and insert

‘the English certifying authority to charge a fee for supplying a copy of an apprenticeship

certificate.’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment is consequent on amendment 152.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

18

Page  3,  line  5,  leave out Clause 3.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

152

Clause  4,  page  3,  line  13,  leave out from ‘authority”’ to end of line 23 and insert

‘means the Chief Executive of Skills Funding.’.

Member’s explanatory statement

The effect of this amendment is that the Chief Executive of Skills Funding will be the ‘English

certifying authority’ for the purpose of the issue of apprenticeship certificates.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

153

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  12,  leave out ‘by the Welsh Ministers’ and insert ‘under this

section’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment is consequent on amendment 156.

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Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

154

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  15,  leave out ‘by the Welsh Ministers’ and insert ‘under this

section’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment is consequent on amendment 156.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

155

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  17,  leave out ‘by the Welsh Ministers’ and insert ‘under this

section’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment is consequent on amendment 156.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

156

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  20,  at end insert—

‘( )	“Designated” means designated by an order made by the Welsh Ministers.’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This technical amendment provides for designation of the Welsh certifying authority to be made by

order of the Welsh Ministers.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

19

Clause  9,  page  5,  line  27,  at end insert—

‘(e)	the qualifications that have been successfully completed, and

(f)	the employer or employers with which the apprentice has trained.’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

108

Clause  9,  page  5,  line  27,  at end add—

‘(e)	the name of the further education college where a course of training has

been completed.’.

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Stephen Williams

Mr David Laws

Annette Brooke

234

Clause  9,  page  5,  line  27,  at end insert—

‘(e)	the name of the further education college or other training provider where

a course of training for the apprenticeship has been completed.’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

227

Clause  10,  page  6,  line  2,  at end insert—

‘(aa)

meet the requirements of the disability accessibility standard, and’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

20

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

‘(c)	involve an agreement with an employer to train a person, using the

practices, equipment and personnel of his or her enterprise in doing so,

(d)	involve a mixture on on and off-the-job learning, and

(e)	lead to a generally recognised level of proficiency in a trade, profession

or occupation.’.

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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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.’.

Stephen Williams

Mr David Laws

Annette Brooke

235

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.’.

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.

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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.

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.

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