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House of Commons

 
 

Tuesday 10 March 2009

 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

 

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill


 

[Fifth and Sixth sittings]


 

 

The following witnesses gave oral evidence:

 

Jim Knight, Minister of State, and

 

Sarah McCarthy-Fry, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Children, Schools

 

and Families and

 

Siôn Simon, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Innovation, Universities and

 

Skills.

 


 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Bill Wiggin

 

Withdrawn  15

 

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

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Bill Wiggin

 

Negatived on division  16

 

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

 

‘(f)    

that the person has undergone supervised training in the workplace.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Bill Wiggin

 

Not called  17

 

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

 

includes evidence of supervised training in the workplace’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 10 March 2009          

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Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill, continued

 
 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

Agreed to  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.’.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Bill Wiggin

 

Not selected  18

 

Page  3,  line  5,  leave out Clause 3.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 


 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

Agreed to  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.’.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 

Clauses 5 to 7 Agreed to.

 


 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

Agreed to  153

 

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

 

section’.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

Agreed to  154

 

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

 

section’.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

Agreed to  155

 

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

 

section’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 10 March 2009          

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Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill, continued

 
 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

Agreed to  156

 

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

 

‘( )    

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

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Bill Wiggin

 

Negatived on division  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

 

Not called  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.’.

 

Stephen Williams

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

Not called  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.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

Annette Brooke

 

Withdrawn  227

 

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

 

‘(aa)    

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


 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 10 March 2009          

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Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Bill Wiggin

 

Negatived on division  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.’.

 

[Adjourned until Thursday at 9.00 am.


 
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