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Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 26 March 2009
75

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill, continued

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  461

Clause  139,  page  78,  line  38,  leave out ‘regulated’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  462

Clause  139,  page  78,  line  40,  after ‘to’ insert ‘the particular form of’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  463

Clause  139,  page  79,  line  1,  leave out ‘regulated’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  464

Clause  139,  page  79,  line  3,  leave out ‘most recently published’ and insert ‘then in

force’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  465

Clause  139,  page  79,  line  5,  leave out ‘regulated’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  466

Clause  139,  page  79,  line  7,  leave out paragraph (b) and insert—

‘(b)
in respect of a qualification which the body has determined is relevant for

those purposes, a number of hours of guided learning to assign to a form

of the qualification.’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  467

Clause  139,  page  79,  line  9,  leave out ‘Ofqual publishes revised criteria’ and insert

‘revised criteria come into force’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  468

Clause  139,  page  79,  line  17,  leave out ‘regulated’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  469

Clause  139,  page  79,  line  20,  leave out ‘the qualification’ and insert ‘a form of the

qualification awarded or authenticated by the recognised body’.

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 26 March 2009
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Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  470

Clause  139,  page  79,  line  22,  leave out from ‘having’ to end of line 24 and insert

‘determined to assign that number of hours of guided learning to that form of the

qualification’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  471

Clause  139,  page  79,  line  25,  leave out ‘regulated’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  472

Clause  139,  page  79,  line  30,  after ‘to’ insert ‘a form of’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  473

Clause  139,  page  79,  line  33,  after ‘obtain’ insert ‘that form of’.

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  474

Clause  140,  page  79,  line  45,  leave out ‘regulated’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  475

Clause  140,  page  80,  line  1,  at beginning insert ‘in respect of a qualification which

a recognised body has determined is relevant for those purposes,’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  476

Clause  140,  page  80,  leave out line 2 and insert ‘form of the qualification’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  477

Clause  140,  page  80,  leave out line 4 and insert ‘qualifications or different descriptions

of qualifications.’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  299

Clause  140,  page  80,  line  5,  leave out ‘from time to time’.

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 26 March 2009
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Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

Not called  225

Clause  140,  page  80,  line  7,  after ‘consult’, insert ‘relevant recognised awarding

bodies and’.

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  478

Clause  141,  page  80,  line  12,  leave out ‘respect in’ and insert ‘qualifications in

respect of’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  479

Clause  141,  page  80,  leave out line 13 and insert—

‘(b)
the forms of those qualifications which are awarded or authenticated

by it,’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  480

Clause  141,  page  80,  line  15,  leave out ‘such qualification’ and insert ‘of those

qualifications’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  481

Clause  141,  page  80,  line  17,  leave out ‘the qualification’ insert ‘each form of the

qualification awarded or authenticated by it’.

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

Mr Graham Stuart

Not moved  531

Clause  142,  page  80,  line  24,  leave out ‘connected or otherwise’ and insert

‘directly and materially’.

Clause Agreed to.

Clause 143 Agreed to.

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 26 March 2009
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Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

Withdrawn  8

Clause  144,  page  81,  line  10,  leave out from ‘may’ to end of line 11 and insert—

‘(a)
direct a recognised body to take or refrain from taking specified steps

with a view to securing compliance with the condition, and

(b)
direct a recognised body to set the standards in a specified qualification,

on a specified occasion, at a specified level.’.

Mary Creagh

Not called  559

Clause  144,  page  81,  line  11,  at end insert—

‘(2A)
A direction under this section may include a direction to the recognised body to

pay a financial penalty where Ofqual considers it appropriate.’.

Clause Agreed to.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  482

Clause  145,  page  81,  line  38,  at end insert ‘awarded or authenticated by the body’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  483

Clause  145,  page  82,  line  17,  leave out ‘a person’ and insert ‘—

(i)
an individual’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  484

Clause  145,  page  82,  line  18,  at end insert ‘, or

(ii)
a body none of whose members is a member of Ofqual or

Ofqual’s staff.’.

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  485

Clause  146,  page  82,  line  24,  leave out ‘regulated qualifications’ and insert

‘qualifications in respect of which they are recognised’.

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 26 March 2009
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Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill, continued

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  300

Clause  146,  page  82,  line  38,  leave out ‘from time to time’.

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

Clause 147 Agreed to.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  486

Clause  148,  page  83,  line  17,  after ‘of’ insert ‘any of’.

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  487

Clause  149,  page  83,  line  24,  leave out ‘another’ and insert ‘a’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  488

Clause  149,  page  83,  line  26,  leave out ‘other’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  489

Clause  149,  page  83,  line  32,  leave out ‘a qualifications function’ and insert ‘any of

the qualifications functions’.

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

Clauses 150 to 152 Agreed to.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

Negatived on division  380

Clause  153,  page  85,  line  38,  at end add—

‘(3)
Ofqual must keep under review the process of developing NC assessment

arrangements with a view to ensuring that the academic standard of NC

assessments is maintained.’.

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 26 March 2009
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Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

Not called  382

Clause  153,  page  85,  line  38,  at end add—

‘(3)
Ofqual must keep under review the process of developing and implementing NC

assessment arrangements with a view to ensuring that NC assessments are

delivered in a timely and orderly fashion.’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

Not called  522

Clause  153,  page  85,  line  38,  at end add—

‘(3)
In reporting its conclusions on reviews conducted under this section, Ofqual shall

not be bound to have regard to government policies in relation to assessment

arrangements.’.

Clause Agreed to.

Clause 154 Agreed to.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

Not called  384

Clause  155,  page  86,  line  45,  at end add—

‘(4)
If it appears to Ofqual that there is, or is likely to be, a significant failing in NC

assessment arrangements it must produce a public statement as soon as is

practicable which specifies—

(a)
the nature of the failing, and

(b)
the reasons for the occurrence of the failing, and

(c)
the actions it intends to take to rectify the failing.’.

Clause Agreed to.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

Not called  381

Clause  156,  page  87,  line  6,  after ‘(1)’, insert ‘including a description of how it

intends to maintain the academic standard of NC assessments’.

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 26 March 2009
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Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill, continued

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  301

Clause  156,  page  87,  line  10,  leave out ‘from time to time’.

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  302

Clause  157,  page  87,  line  29,  leave out ‘from time to time’.

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

Clauses 158 to 161 Agreed to.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

Withdrawn  7

Clause  162,  page  88,  line  37,  at end insert ‘and the extent to which it met

objectives.’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

Not called  35

Clause  162,  page  88,  line  37,  at end insert ‘and the outcome of the specific and

measurable success criteria established in section 125(7)’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

Negatived on division  70

Clause  162,  page  88,  line  37,  at end insert ‘how it performed in relation to its

objectives, what its assessment is of changes in educational standards and performance

since its last report, and how English educational standards and performance compare

with those in other developed countries.’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

Not called  33

Clause  162,  page  89,  line  8,  at end insert—