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Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 12 March 2009
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Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill, continued

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  182

Clause  38,  page  17,  line  8,  leave out from ‘authority”’ to end of line 9 and insert

‘has the meaning given by section 4;’.

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

Withdrawn  103

Clause  39,  page  18,  line  5,  leave out ‘A’ and insert ‘Where an employer does not

have acceptable annual arrangements for discussing employees’ training needs in place

through annual performance reviews or other arrangements, a’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

Not called  77

Clause  39,  page  18,  line  23,  at end insert—

‘(6A)
An employee is also a qualifying employee for the purposes of this section if the

employee is a qualified school teacher with responsibility for educating children

with special educational needs and who requests training to ensure the needs of

these children will be met.’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

Not selected  366


Clause  39,  page  18,  line  36,  at end insert—

‘(7A)
For the purposes of subsection (4), the employer’s business of an employee

employed by a National Health Service Trust shall be the National Health

Service.’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

Withdrawn  104

Clause  39,  page  19,  line  28,  at end insert—

‘(v)
the date of the applicant’s last request for training.’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

Not called  10

Clause  39,  page  19,  line  35,  at end insert—

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‘(d)
provide the date of the applicant’s last request for training.’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

Withdrawn  246

Clause  39,  page  20,  line  10,  leave out ‘thinks’ and insert ‘has reasonable grounds to

think’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

Not called  247

Clause  39,  page  20,  line  12,  leave out ‘thinks’ and insert ‘has reasonable grounds to

think’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

Not called  248

Clause  39,  page  20,  line  20,  leave out paragraph (b) and insert—

‘(b)
‘the burden of additional costs is unreasonable in proportion to the value

to be derived from the proposed study or training;’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

Not called  249

Clause  39,  page  20,  line  26,  leave out ‘insufficiency of work’ and insert ‘inability

to provide sufficient work’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

Negatived on division  11

Clause  39,  page  20,  line  30,  at end insert—

‘(k)
a documented discussion of training needs resulting in a decision on

whether to extend such provision to the applicant took place within the

previous 12 months.’.

Stephen Williams

Mr David Laws

Annette Brooke

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

Withdrawn  259

Clause  39,  page  20,  line  37,  at end insert ‘except where that employee is employed

by an employer who employs less than 20 employees;’.

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Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  183

Clause  39,  page  20,  line  43,  leave out ‘and (b)’ and insert ‘to (c)’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

Withdrawn  12

Clause  39,  page  21,  line  12,  at end insert—

‘(d)
fails to attend more than two consecutive periods of study or training.’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

Not called  13

Clause  39,  page  21,  line  14,  at end insert—

‘(4)
Failure to start, attend or complete the agreed study or training shall constitute

permissible grounds for an employer to remove the awarded time off.’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

Agreed to  184

Clause  39,  page  23,  line  6,  leave out ‘learning support’ and insert ‘section 63D’.

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

[Adjourned until Tuesday 17 March at 10.30 am.