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Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 17 March 2009
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    ‘(2)
The conditions of service of the other members of the YPLA’s staff are to be

determined by the YPLA with the approval of the Secretary of State.’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mrs Maria Miller

Mr John Hayes

Bill Wiggin

Not selected  126

Schedule  3,  page  157,  line  4,  at end insert—

‘(6)
The YPLA must have regard to regulations in relation to a committee, established

jointly with the Chief Executive of Skills Funding, with responsibility for capital

building projects for further education and sixth form colleges.’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  333

Schedule  3,  page  157,  line  37,  leave out ‘the chief executive or any of the ordinary

members’ and insert ‘any of the other ordinary members or the chief executive’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  305

Schedule  3,  page  160,  line  23,  leave out ‘this or any other’ and insert ‘any’.

Schedule, as amended, Agreed to.

Mr John Hayes

Mr Nick Gibb

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

Withdrawn  240

Clause  58,  page  38,  line  5,  at beginning insert ‘Under guidance from the Chief

Executive of the Skills Funding Agency,’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

Not called  256

Clause  58,  page  38,  leave out lines 6 to 12 and insert—

‘(a)
local education authorities for the purposes of their functions in relation

to the education or training of persons—

(i)
who are compulsory school age but under 19, or

(ii)
who are aged 19 or over but under 25 and are subject to learning

difficulty assessment;

(b)
persons providing or proposing to provide education or training for such

persons in pursuance of arrangements made by local education

authorities in the discharge of those functions.’.

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Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  308

Clause  58,  page  38,  line  10,  at end insert—

‘(aa)
persons providing or proposing to provide suitable education to children

subject to youth detention;’.

Mr John Hayes

Mr Nick Gibb

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

Not called  241

Clause  58,  page  38,  line  11,  leave out subsection (b).

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  309

Clause  58,  page  38,  line  12,  leave out ‘such education or training’ and insert

‘education or training within paragraph (a) or (aa)’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

Not called  122

Clause  58,  page  38,  line  12,  leave out ‘such education and training’ and insert

‘subsection (a) (i)’.

Mr John Hayes

Mr Nick Gibb

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

Not called  242

Clause  58,  page  38,  line  15,  at beginning insert ‘Under guidance from the Chief

Executive of the Skills Funding Agency,’.

Mr John Hayes

Mr Nick Gibb

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

Not called  243

Clause  58,  page  38,  line  25,  at beginning insert ‘Under guidance from the Chief

Executive of the Skills Funding Agency,’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  310

Clause  58,  page  38,  line  30,  after ‘(1)(a)’ insert ‘or (aa)’.

Mr John Hayes

Mr Nick Gibb

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

Not called  244

Clause  58,  page  39,  line  1,  at beginning insert ‘Under guidance from the Chief

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Executive of the Skills Funding Agency,’.

Mr John Hayes

Mr Nick Gibb

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

Not called  245

Clause  58,  page  39,  line  7,  at beginning insert ‘Under guidance from the Chief

Executive of the Skills Funding Agency,’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  311

Clause  58,  page  39,  line  12,  after ‘(1)’ insert ‘(a)’.

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  274

Clause  59,  page  40,  line  3,  leave out ‘a learning difficulty assessment’ and insert

‘an assessment under section 139A or 140 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 (c. 21)

(assessments relating to learning difficulties)’.

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mrs Maria Miller

Mr John Hayes

Bill Wiggin

Withdrawn  135

Clause  60,  page  40,  line  16,  at end add—

‘(3)
The YPLA must consult with the following when adopting or developing

schemes as set out in subsection (1)—

(a)
the Chief Executive of Skills Funding,

(b)
a local education authority in England, and

(c)
Ofsted.’.

Clause Agreed to.

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Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

Withdrawn  142

Clause  61,  page  40,  line  22,  at end add ‘but it may not make bonus payments under

section 58(4)(a) which relate to attendance, academic performance or completion of

course work.’.

Clause Agreed to.

Clause 62 Agreed to.

Mr John Hayes

Mr Nick Gibb

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

Withdrawn  236

Clause  63,  page  41,  line  5,  leave out subsections (a) and (b) and insert ‘only where

no alternative provision is available from external providers.’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  312

Clause  63,  page  41,  line  9,  at end insert—

‘(3)
The YPLA may secure the provision of suitable education for children subject to

youth detention.’.

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  313

Clause  64,  page  41,  line  12,  after ‘perform’ insert ‘— (a)’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  314

Clause  64,  page  41,  line  14,  leave out ‘(“the section 15ZA duty”)’ and insert ‘, or

(b)
its duty under section 18A(1) of that Act (duty to secure provision of

enough suitable education and training for persons subject to youth

detention).’.

Mr John Hayes

Mr Nick Gibb

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

Not called  237

Clause  64,  page  41,  line  16,  leave out subsections (2) to (5) and insert—

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‘(2)
The YPLA may withdraw funding from the provider and secure the provision of

financial resources to other persons providing or proposing to provide suitable

education or training to persons in sections 58(a)(i) and 58(a)(ii).’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

Not called  393

Clause  64,  page  41,  line  16,  leave out ‘YPLA may’ and insert ‘Secretary of State,

upon receipt of a recommendation from the YPLA, may’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  315

Clause  64,  page  41,  line  17,  leave out ‘section 15ZA duty’ and insert ‘duty in

question’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

Not called  394

Clause  64,  page  41,  line  21,  leave out subsection (4).

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

Not called  395

Clause  64,  page  41,  line  24,  leave out ‘YPLA’ and insert Secretary of State’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

Not called  120

Clause  64,  page  41,  line  24,  at end add—

‘(6)
A further education college may inform YPLA if it is satisfied that a local

education authority is failing, or is likely to fail, to perform its duty under section

15ZA of the Education Act 1996.’.

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

Clauses 65 to 68 Agreed to.

[Adjourned until Thursday at 9.00 am.