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Public Bill Committee: 19 March 2009                  

438

 

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Bill Wiggin

 

335

 

Clause  125,  page  72,  line  2,  at end insert—

 

‘(7)    

The timeliness objective is to ensure that Ofqual carries out its functions in a

 

timely manner that facilitates the delivery of qualifications on time.’.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

Annette Brooke

 

61

 

Clause  125,  page  72,  line  2,  at end add— 

 

‘(7)    

The educational standards and performance objective is to monitor educational

 

standards and performance as a whole in England, to report on how standards and

 

performance are changing over time, and to make comparisons between

 

educational standards and performance in England and in other OECD countries.

 

(8)    

In order to deliver the educational standards objective, Ofqual shall carry out

 

sample testing on an annual basis in selected subjects, and shall report annually

 

on changes in educational standards and performance in England and between

 

England and other OECD countries.’.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Bill Wiggin

 

31

 

Clause  125,  page  72,  line  2,  at end add—

 

‘(7)    

Ofqual shall conduct annually a poll of a satistically significant sample of

 

secondary school students to determine the proportion of students who believe

 

that students work harder than ever to gain specified qualifications.’.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Bill Wiggin

 

39

 

Clause  125,  page  72,  line  2,  at end insert—

 

‘(7)    

Ofqual shall conduct annually a poll of a satistically significant sample of

 

secondary school teachers to determine the proportion of teachers who believe

 

that students work harder than ever to gain specified qualifications.’.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Bill Wiggin

 

43

 

Clause  125,  page  72,  line  2,  at end add—

 

‘(7)    

For the purpose of assessing the effectiveness of Ofqual in carrying out its duties

 

in subsection (1)(a), (b) and (c), Ofqual shall establish specific and measurable

 

success criteria for these objectives.’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 19 March 2009                  

439

 

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Bill Wiggin

 

196

 

Clause  125,  page  72,  line  2,  at end insert ‘, subject to ensuring the financial

 

stability of the awarding bodies.’.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Bill Wiggin

 

81

 

Clause  125,  page  72,  line  2,  at end add—

 

‘(7)    

In delivering its efficiency duty, Ofqual shall publish annually the criteria that

 

will be used to make judgements about the efficiency of regulated

 

qualifications.’.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

432

 

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Clause  125,  page  72,  line  2,  at end insert—

 

‘(7)    

For the purposes of subsection (6) a sum is relevant if it is payable in respect of

 

the award or authentication of the qualification in question.’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 431. This technical drafting amendment is

 

consequent on that amendment.

 


 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

Annette Brooke

 

518

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  126,  page  72,  line  8,  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

which, subject to the Secretary of State’s exercise of the powers

 

conferred on him by subsections (4)(c) and (6), demonstrates

 

independence of judgement in securing and promoting its objectives.’.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Bill Wiggin

 

413

 

Clause  126,  page  72,  line  10,  leave out paragraph (a).

 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

Annette Brooke

 

66

 

Clause  126,  page  72,  line  11,  at end insert ‘and maximizes choice for pupils and

 

learning providers;’. 


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 19 March 2009                  

440

 

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill, continued

 
 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

Annette Brooke

 

519

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  126,  page  72,  line  16,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

the reasonable additional requirements of persons in whose home a

 

language is spoken which differs from that language in which the person

 

is or will be taught.’.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

Annette Brooke

 

9

 

Clause  126,  page  72,  line  26,  at end insert—

 

‘(i)    

the timing of the exam cycle, and the need to allow awarding

 

bodies sufficient time to develop qualifications.’.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

Annette Brooke

 

220

 

Clause  126,  page  72,  line  26,  at end insert—

 

‘(i)    

information provided by recognised awarding bodies.’.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Bill Wiggin

 

414

 

Clause  126,  page  72,  line  27,  leave out subsection (3).

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

433

 

Parliamentary Star - white    

Clause  126,  page  72,  line  31,  leave out ‘types of’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 429. The purpose of this amendment is the

 

same as that given for that amendment.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

434

 

Parliamentary Star - white    

Clause  126,  page  72,  line  32,  leave out ‘regulated qualifications of each type’ and

 

insert ‘different forms of such qualifications’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 429. The purpose of this amendment is the

 

same as that given for that amendment.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

Annette Brooke

 

67

 

Clause  126,  page  72,  line  32,  leave out from ‘type’ to end of line 34. 


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 19 March 2009                  

441

 

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill, continued

 
 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

435

 

Parliamentary Star - white    

Clause  126,  page  72,  line  33,  leave out ‘types of’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 429. The purpose of this amendment is the

 

same as that given for that amendment.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Bill Wiggin

 

140

 

Clause  126,  page  72,  line  40,  at end insert—

 

‘(d)    

persons whom, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, represent the

 

interests of employers or institutions within the higher education sector.’.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

Annette Brooke

 

68

 

Clause  126,  page  72,  line  45,  leave out ‘the Secretary of State’ and insert ‘the

 

Select Committee for Children, Schools and Families’. 

 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

Annette Brooke

 

521

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  126,  page  72,  line  44,  leave out subsection (6).

 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

Annette Brooke

 

520

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  126,  page  72,  line  46,  leave out subsection (7).

 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

Annette Brooke

 

6

 

Clause  126,  page  72,  line  46,  at end insert ‘and establish specific and measurable

 

success criteria for each of its objectives.’.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Bill Wiggin

 

200

 

Clause  126,  page  72,  line  46,  at end insert ‘and in a timely manner.’.

 



 
 

Public Bill Committee: 19 March 2009                  

442

 

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill, continued

 
 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

436

 

Parliamentary Star - white    

Clause  127,  page  73,  line  33,  leave out ‘or will’ and insert ‘, will be or may

 

reasonably be expected to’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This technical amendment ensures that the relevant definition is complete in so far as it relates to

 

qualifications which persons may reasonably be expected to seek to obtain. See also amendments

 

457 and 505 which achieve the same purpose in relation to similar definitions.

 


 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

437

 

Parliamentary Star - white    

Clause  129,  page  74,  line  26,  leave out ‘(but only if)’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This technical drafting amendment, when taken together with amendment 438, clarifies that

 

Ofqual must recognise an awarding body when it meets the requirements set out in clause 129(1),

 

but cannot recognise an awarding body in any other circumstances.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

438

 

Parliamentary Star - white    

Clause  129,  page  74,  line  30,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

Ofqual may not recognise an awarding body if the requirements set out in

 

paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) are not met by the body.’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 437.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

439

 

Parliamentary Star - white    

Clause  129,  page  74,  line  31,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

has effect from such date as Ofqual may specify,’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment makes it clear that the date on which a recognition comes into force will be

 

specified by Ofqual (and may be different to the date on which it decides to recognise the awarding

 

body).

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

440

 

Parliamentary Star - white    

Clause  129,  page  74,  line  39,  leave out subsection (4) and insert—

 

‘(4)    

An accreditation condition in respect of a qualification subject to the accreditation

 

requirement is a condition requiring that the recognised body may award or

 

authenticate a particular form of the qualification only if, at the time of the award

 

or authentication, that form of the qualification is accredited under section 136.’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment ensures that, where a qualification is subject to the accreditation requirement, a

 

recognised body must obtain accreditation for each particular form of the qualification that it

 

wants to award before it can award that form of the qualification within the terms of its


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 19 March 2009                  

443

 

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill, continued

 
 

recognition.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

Annette Brooke

 

221

 

Clause  129,  page  75,  line  3,  at end insert ‘and must establish, at the request of the

 

applicant, arrangements for the review of that decision.’.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

441

 

Parliamentary Star - white    

Clause  129,  page  75,  line  5,  leave out ‘published’ and insert ‘in force’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment makes it clear that the date on which general conditions come into force, and so

 

need to be complied with, may be different from that on which they are published.

 


 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

442

 

Parliamentary Star - white    

Clause  130,  page  75,  line  19,  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

recognition in respect of credits in respect of different components of

 

qualifications or different descriptions of components of qualifications.’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment ensures Ofqual’s powers to set criteria for recognition enable it to set different

 

criteria for recognition in respect of credits for different components of a qualification or different

 

descriptions of component. Amendment 443 makes the same change in relation to Ofqual’s powers

 

to set general conditions.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

294

 

Clause  130,  page  75,  line  20,  leave out ‘from time to time’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 290.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

Annette Brooke

 

222

 

Clause  130,  page  75,  line  23,  after ‘consult’, insert ‘recognised awarding bodies

 

and’.

 



 
 

Public Bill Committee: 19 March 2009                  

444

 

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill, continued

 
 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

443

 

Parliamentary Star - white    

Clause  131,  page  75,  line  30,  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

recognition in respect of credits in respect of different components of

 

qualifications or different descriptions of components of qualifications.’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 442.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

295

 

Clause  131,  page  75,  line  31,  leave out ‘from time to time’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 290.

 


 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

444

 

Parliamentary Star - white    

Clause  133,  page  76,  line  31,  leave out ‘a person’ and insert ‘—

 

(i)    

an individual’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment and amendment 445 clarify that review arrangements made under clause 133

 

may provide for decisions on a review to be made either by an individual who is not a member of

 

Ofqual or its staff or by a body none of whose members is such a person.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

445

 

Parliamentary Star - white    

Clause  133,  page  76,  line  32,  at end insert ‘, or

 

(ii)    

a body none of whose members is a member of Ofqual or

 

Ofqual’s staff.’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 444.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

296

 

Clause  133,  page  76,  line  39,  leave out ‘from time to time’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 290.

 


 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

446

 

Parliamentary Star - white    

Clause  134,  page  77,  line  6,  leave out from ‘require’ to end of line 8 and insert ‘an


 
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