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Public Bill Committee: 10 March 2009                  

132

 

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill, continued

 
 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

168

 

Clause  20,  page  9,  line  30,  leave out ‘, for the purposes of this Chapter,’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment is consequent on amendment 167.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

169

 

Clause  20,  page  9,  line  32,  leave out ‘, for the purposes of this Chapter,’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment is consequent on amendment 167.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

170

 

Clause  20,  page  9,  line  35,  leave out ‘, for the purposes of this Chapter,’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment is consequent on amendment 167.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

171

 

Clause  20,  page  9,  line  38,  after ‘and’ insert ‘apprenticeship’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This technical drafting amendment makes equivalent provision for Wales to that made by

 

amendment 163.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

172

 

Clause  20,  page  9,  line  38,  leave out ‘, for the purposes of this Chapter,’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment is consequent on amendment 167.

 


 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Bill Wiggin

 

44

 

Clause  21,  page  10,  line  16,  leave out ‘such persons as the Chief Executive thinks

 

appropriate’ and insert ‘representatives of industry, employers, sectoral bodies, the further

 

education sector and other persons the Chief Executive thinks appropriate.’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 10 March 2009                  

133

 

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Bill Wiggin

 

45

 

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.’.

 



 
 

Public Bill Committee: 10 March 2009                  

134

 

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill, continued

 
 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

174

 

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 175.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 10 March 2009                  

135

 

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill, continued

 
 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

178

 

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 “the person giving it considers”.’.

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

208

 

Clause  35,  page  16,  line  7,  leave out from ‘concerned’ to ‘receive’ in line 9 and

 

insert ‘must include a presumption that all pupils aged 14-16 should’.

 

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.’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 10 March 2009                  

136

 

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill, continued

 
 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

Annette Brooke

 

111

 

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’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 10 March 2009                  

137

 

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Bill Wiggin

 

77

 

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

 

246

 

Parliamentary Star - white    

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

 

think’.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

Annette Brooke

 

247

 

Parliamentary Star - white    

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

 

think’.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

Annette Brooke

 

248

 

Parliamentary Star - white    

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

 

Parliamentary Star - white    

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

 

to provide sufficient work’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 10 March 2009                  

138

 

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill, continued

 
 

Stephen Williams

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

259

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  39,  page  20,  line  27,  at end insert ‘except where that employee is employed

 

by an employer who employs less than 20 employees;’.

 

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.’.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

Annette Brooke

 

13

 

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’.

 



 
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