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House of Commons

Thursday 19 March 2009

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill

[Eleventh and Twelfth sittings]

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

Not selected  396

Clause  69,  page  43,  line  27,  leave out subsection (1) and insert—

‘(1)
The Secretary of State must issue guidance to local education authorities about

the performance of YPLA of its duties under section 15ZA(1) of the Education

Act 1996 (c. 56).’.

Mr John Hayes

Mr Nick Gibb

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

Not selected  238

Clause  69,  page  43,  line  27,  leave out from ‘YPLA’ to end of line 33 and insert

‘must issue guidance to persons providing education or training about the performance of

their duties under section 15ZA of the Education Act 1996,’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  316

Clause  69,  page  43,  line  28,  leave out ‘section 15ZA(1)’ and insert ‘sections

15ZA(1) and 18A(1)’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  317

Clause  69,  page  43,  line  31,  leave out ‘functions’ and insert ‘duties’.

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

Clauses 70 to 72 Agreed to.

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Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill, continued

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  290

Clause  73,  page  45,  line  6,  leave out ‘from time to time’.

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

Withdrawn  24

Clause  74,  page  45,  line  25,  after ‘State’, insert ‘, subject to the agreement of the

relevant Academy.’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

Negatived on division  26

Clause  74,  page  45,  line  29,  at end insert—

‘(2A)
For the purposes of subsection (2) “Academy arrangements” require the YPLA to

support the objective of the autonomy of Academies wherever it is reasonable to

do so.’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

Not called  339

Clause  74,  page  45,  line  29,  at end insert—

‘(2A)
In exercising the functions in subsection (2), the YPLA must allow academies a

right of appeal to the Secretary of State in circumstances where the governing

body of an academy believes that a decision taken by the YPLA is unreasonable

in the circumstances.’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

Not called  391

Clause  74,  page  45,  line  35,  at end insert ‘but excluding the power conferred on the

Secretary of State by section 482(1) of the Education Act 1996 (c. 56) (Academies).’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

Not called  392

Clause  74,  page  45,  line  38,  leave out paragraph (a) and insert—

‘(a)
an agreement entered into by him under section 482 of the Education Act

1996 (c. 56) (Academies);’.

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Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

Not called  25

Clause  74,  page  45,  line  39,  after ‘section’, insert ‘, except any functions related to

the monitoring and assessment of school performance’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  291

Clause  74,  page  46,  line  1,  leave out ‘this or any other’ and insert ‘any’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Not selected  143

Page  45,  line  23,  leave out Clause 74.

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

Withdrawn  27

Clause  75,  page  46,  line  18,  at end insert—

‘(e)
require the YPLA to support the successful establishment of Academy

sixth forms.’.

Clause Agreed to.

Clause 76 Agreed to.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  318

Clause  77,  page  47,  line  16,  at end insert—

‘(2A)
For the purposes of this Part a child is subject to youth detention if—

(a)
subject to a detention order, and

(b)
detained in relevant youth accommodation.’.

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Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  275

Clause  77,  page  47,  line  17,  leave out subsection (3).

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  276

Clause  77,  page  47,  leave out lines 25 to 27.

Clause Agreed to.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

Not selected  398

Page  48,  line  6,  leave out Clause 78.

Clause Agreed to.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

Withdrawn  106

Schedule  4,  page  161,  line  30,  at end insert—

‘(2A)
The Chief Executive may not employ more than 1,800 people in total.’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  306

Schedule  4,  page  163,  line  28,  leave out ‘this or any other’ and insert ‘any’.

Schedule, as amended, Agreed to.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

Withdrawn  107

Clause  79,  page  48,  line  27,  at end insert—

‘(e)
requiring the Chief Executive to secure that the person designated under

subsection (1) is responsive to employers’ needs in relation to the

provision of apprenticeships.’.

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Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  185

Clause  79,  page  49,  line  1,  leave out ‘issued by the English certifying authority’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  186

Clause  79,  page  49,  line  22,  leave out ‘(3)’ and insert ‘(4)’.

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

Withdrawn  229

Clause  80,  page  49,  line  41,  at end insert—

‘(ba)
increasing opportunities for people with learning difficulties to gain

skills and training to increase transition from education into

employment;’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

Not called  48

Clause  80,  page  50,  line  6,  after ‘agreement’, insert ‘that includes specific

requirements for supervised training in the workplace,’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

Not called  113

Clause  80,  page  50,  line  7,  leave out subsection (b).

Clause Agreed to.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

Negatived on division  204

Clause  81,  page  50,  line  11,  leave out ‘local education authorities’ and insert

‘employers and providers of training’.

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Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

Not called  205

Clause  81,  page  50,  line  14,  leave out subsection (2).

Clause Agreed to.

Clause 82 Agreed to.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  409

Clause  83,  page  50,  line  36,  leave out ‘conferred by sections 80 to 82’ and insert ‘of

the office’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

Withdrawn  114

Clause  83,  page  50,  line  42,  at end insert—

‘(c)
whose employer has withdrawn from an apprenticeship agreement after

it has been entered into.’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

Not called  115

Clause  83,  page  51,  line  6,  at end insert—

‘(2A)
Where no suitable employer is available arrangements shall not be made for

persons eligible under subsection (1) to begin training or study until such time

when arrangements for employment can be made.’.

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  410

Clause  84,  page  51,  line  19,  leave out from ‘is’ to ‘and’ in line 20 and insert ‘within

subsection (1A) or (1B),’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  411

Clause  84,  page  51,  line  23,  at end insert—

‘(1A)
A person within this subsection is one who—

(a)
is over compulsory school age, and

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(b)
is aged under 19.

(1B)
A person within this subsection is one who is not within subsection (1A) and—

(a)
is a person aged under 21 towards whom a local authority in England has

the duties provided for in section 23C of the Children Act 1989 (c. 41)

(continuing functions in respect of certain formerly looked after

children), or

(b)
is a person to whom section 23CA of that Act applies, in relation to whom

a local authority in England is the responsible local authority (within the

meaning of that section).’.

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

Not called  49

Clause  85,  page  52,  line  13,  at end insert—

‘(d)
arrangements for courses of training at a college or other institution must

include some form of specific training in the workplace.’.

Clause Agreed to.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

Withdrawn  116

Clause  86,  page  52,  line  42,  after ‘(5) (a)’, insert ‘which may align with boundaries

defined in sub-regional groupings’.

Clause Agreed to.

Clauses 87 and 88 Agreed to.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

Not selected  206

Clause  89,  page  54,  line  17,  leave out ‘suspend’ and insert ‘reduce’.