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House of Commons

Notices of Amendments

given on

Monday 11 January 2010

Public Bill Committee

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Children, Schools and Families Bill

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

1

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  5,  leave out ‘must’ and insert ‘may’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

2

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  8,  leave out ‘guarantee’ and insert ‘entitlement’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

3

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  10,  leave out ‘guarantee’ and insert ‘entitlement’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

4

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  11,  leave out ‘guarantees’ and insert ‘entitlements’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

5

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  4,  leave out first ‘guarantee’ and insert ‘entitlement’.

Notices of Amendments: 11 January 2010

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Children, Schools and Families Bill, continued

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

6

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  4,  leave out second ‘guarantee’ and insert ‘entitlement’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

7

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  33,  leave out ‘guarantees’ and insert ‘entitlements’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

8

Clause  1,  page  3,  line  5,  leave out ‘guarantee’ and insert ‘entitlement’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

9

Clause  1,  page  3,  line  6,  leave out ‘guarantee’ and insert ‘entitlement’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

10

Clause  1,  page  3,  line  7,  leave out ‘guarantee’ and insert ‘entitlement’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

11

Clause  1,  page  3,  line  15,  leave out ‘guarantee’ and insert ‘entitlement’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

12

Clause  1,  page  3,  line  18,  leave out ‘guarantee’ and insert ‘entitlement’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

13

Clause  1,  page  3,  line  20,  leave out ‘guarantee’ and insert ‘entitlement’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

14

Clause  1,  page  3,  line  22,  leave out ‘guarantee’ and insert ‘entitlement’.

Notices of Amendments: 11 January 2010

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Children, Schools and Families Bill, continued

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

15

Clause  1,  page  3,  line  24,  leave out ‘guarantee’ and insert ‘entitlement’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

16

Clause  1,  page  3,  line  25,  leave out ‘guarantee’ and insert ‘entitlement’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

17

Clause  1,  page  3,  line  35,  leave out ‘guarantees’ and insert ‘entitlements’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

18

Clause  1,  page  3,  line  43,  leave out ‘guarantees’ and insert ‘entitlements’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

19

Clause  1,  page  3,  line  45,  leave out ‘guarantee’ and insert ‘entitlement’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

20

Clause  1,  page  4,  line  3,  leave out ‘guarantee’ and insert ‘entitlement’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

21

Clause  1,  page  4,  line  9,  leave out ‘guarantee’ and insert ‘entitlement’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

22

Clause  1,  page  4,  line  16,  leave out ‘guarantee’ and insert ‘entitlement’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

23

Clause  1,  page  4,  line  19,  leave out ‘guarantees’ and insert ‘entitlements’.

Notices of Amendments: 11 January 2010

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Children, Schools and Families Bill, continued

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

24

Clause  1,  page  4,  line  21,  leave out ‘guarantee’ and insert ‘entitlement’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

25

Clause  1,  page  4,  line  24,  leave out ‘guarantee’ and insert ‘entitlement’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

26

Clause  1,  page  4,  line  30,  leave out ‘guarantee’ and insert ‘entitlement’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

27

Clause  1,  page  4,  line  37,  leave out ‘guarantee’ and insert ‘entitlement’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

28

Clause  1,  page  4,  line  40,  leave out ‘guarantees’ and insert ‘entitlements’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

29

Clause  1,  page  4,  line  42,  leave out ‘guarantee’ and insert ‘entitlement’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

30

Clause  1,  page  4,  line  45,  leave out ‘guarantee’ and insert ‘entitlement’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

31

Clause  1,  page  5,  line  4,  leave out ‘guarantee’ and insert ‘entitlement’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

32

Clause  1,  page  5,  line  11,  leave out ‘guarantee’ and insert ‘entitlement’.

Notices of Amendments: 11 January 2010

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Children, Schools and Families Bill, continued

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

33

Clause  1,  page  5,  line  14,  leave out ‘guarantees’ and insert ‘entitlements’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

34

Clause  1,  page  5,  line  16,  leave out ‘guarantee’ and insert ‘entitlement’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

35

Clause  1,  page  5,  line  19,  leave out ‘guarantee’ and insert ‘entitlement’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

36

Clause  1,  page  2,  leave out line 5 and insert ‘maximising pupil and parent expectations

and ensuring the pupil receives a high quality education.’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

37

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  6,  at end insert—

‘(aa)

for all pupils to go to primary schools where every child is taught to read

in the early years and from which no child leaves still struggling with the

basics of reading, writing and mathematics;’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

38

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  10,  leave out from ‘curriculum’ to end of line 11 and insert

‘that equips them with the knowledge and skills needed to understand and contribute to

the culture of the United Kingdom.’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

39

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  25,  after ‘schooling’, insert ‘; the signing of which shall be a

condition of admission to the school;’.

Notices of Amendments: 11 January 2010

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Children, Schools and Families Bill, continued

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

40

Clause  1,  page  3,  line  3,  at end add—

‘(11)

A pupil or parent guarantee shall not be capable of creating any obligation in

respect of whose breach any liability arises in contract or tort.’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

41

Clause  1,  page  2,  leave out lines 40 and 41.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

42

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  44,  leave out subsections (9) and (10).

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

43

Clause  4,  page  6,  line  33,  at end add—

‘(12)

Section 111 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 is amended as

follows.

(13)	For subsection (4) there shall be substituted—

“(4)	The governing body of a school to which section 110(1) applies or the

local authority where it is the admissions authority for such a school

may—

(a)	invite a parent or carer to sign the parental declaration at a time

when the child in question has not been admitted to the school;

and

(b)	make it a condition of a child being admitted to a school that the

parental declaration is signed in respect of the child.”

and in this subsection “admission authority” has the meaning given by

section 88(1).

(14)	Subsection (5) shall be repealed.’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

44

Clause  4,  page  5,  leave out lines 33 to 35.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

45

Clause  4,  page  6,  leave out lines 20 to 26.

Notices of Amendments: 11 January 2010

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Children, Schools and Families Bill, continued

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

46

Clause  4,  page  6,  leave out line 33.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

47

Clause  6,  page  7,  line  23,  at end insert ‘but shall not include schools that have had

a full Ofsted inspection during the 12 months prior to the survey being carried out.’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

48

Clause  10,  page  12,  line  19,  leave out ‘programmes of study’ and insert

‘curriculum objectives’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

49

Clause  10,  page  12,  leave out lines 22 to 29 and insert—

‘(3)	The following are the core subjects for the first and second key stages—

(a)	mathematics;

(b)

English;

(c)	Science; and

(d)	a modern foreign language.

(3A)	The following are the other foundation subjects for the first and second key

stages—

(a)	geography;

(b)

history;

(c)

art

(d)

music;

(e)	physical education and sport; and

(f)	information and communication technology.’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

50

Clause  10,  page  12,  leave out line 36.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

51

Clause  10,  page  12,  line  43,  leave out ‘programmes of study’ and insert

‘curriculum objective’.

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Revised 12 January 2010