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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Withdrawn  15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’.

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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’.

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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’.

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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.