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House of Commons

 
 

Thursday 4 February 2010

 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

 

Children, Schools and Families Bill


 

[eleventh and twelfth Sittings]


 

 

Clause 14.

 

Amendment 63 proposed, in page 15, line 31, to leave out ‘15’ and insert ‘16’.—(Tim

 

Loughton.)

 

Question proposed, That the Amendment be made.

 

Withdrawn

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

Not called  162

 

Clause  14,  page  15,  line  31,  leave out ‘15’ and insert ‘14’.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

Not called  163

 

Clause  14,  page  15,  line  33,  leave out ‘and relationships’.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

Not called  164

 

Clause  14,  page  15,  line  34,  after ‘school’, insert ‘if that parent has met with the

 

head teacher of the school or the relevant teacher to discuss their concerns and establish

 

the nature of what is to be taught’.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Tim Loughton

 

Bill Wiggin

 

Mr Edward Timpson

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

Not called  65

 

Clause  14,  page  15,  line  35,  leave out from ‘withdrawn’ to end of line 36.


 
 

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Children, Schools and Families Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Tim Loughton

 

Bill Wiggin

 

Mr Edward Timpson

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

Not called  64

 

Clause  14,  page  15,  line  36,  leave out ‘15’ and insert ‘16’.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

Not called  112

 

Clause  14,  page  15,  line  36,  leave out ‘15’ and insert ‘14’.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Tim Loughton

 

Bill Wiggin

 

Mr Edward Timpson

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

Not called  195

 

Clause  14,  page  15,  line  36,  after ‘15’, insert ‘unless the pupil expresses a wish to

 

be excused from receiving such education.’.

 

Mr Ken Purchase

 

Not selected  252

 

Page  15,  line  28,  leave out Clause 14.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

Withdrawn  234

 

Clause  15,  page  16,  line  20,  at end add—

 

‘(5)    

The Secretary of State shall publish guidance for schools on how they should

 

respond to applications to provide community facilities including applications

 

about which the governing body has concerns.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Ken Purchase

 

Not selected  306

 

Page  21,  line  21,  leave out Clause 16.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clause 17 Agreed to.

 



 
 

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Children, Schools and Families Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Tim Loughton

 

Bill Wiggin

 

Mr Edward Timpson

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

Withdrawn  67

 

Clause  18,  page  17,  line  20,  at beginning insert ‘Subject to the provisions of section

 

8(1),’.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Tim Loughton

 

Bill Wiggin

 

Mr Edward Timpson

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

Not called  66

 

Clause  18,  page  17,  line  24,  leave out from ‘State’ to end of line 26.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Tim Loughton

 

Bill Wiggin

 

Mr Edward Timpson

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

Withdrawn  68

 

Clause  19,  page  17,  line  33,  after ‘other’, insert ‘educational’.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

Not called  198

 

Clause  19,  page  17,  leave out lines 35 to 38.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Tim Loughton

 

Bill Wiggin

 

Mr Edward Timpson

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

Not called  194

 

Clause  19,  page  17,  line  38,  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

After subsection (2) there is inserted—

 

“(2A)    

A person may not be appointed as, or remain, a school improvement

 

partner unless he is for the time being approved by the governing body

 

and head teacher of the school.”’.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

Not called  87

 

Clause  19,  page  18,  line  3,  leave out ‘must’ and insert ‘may’.


 
 

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Children, Schools and Families Bill, continued

 
 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

Not called  199

 

Clause  19,  page  18,  line  5,  leave out subsection (4).

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

Withdrawn  200

 

Clause  20,  page  18,  line  9,  leave out subsection (1).

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Tim Loughton

 

Bill Wiggin

 

Mr Edward Timpson

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

Not called  69

 

Clause  20,  page  18,  leave out lines 11 to 16 and insert—

 

‘(a)    

for subsection (2) there is substituted—

 

“(2)    

For the purposes of this section—

 

(a)    

information as to the views of prescribed persons about

 

the school,

 

(b)    

information about the continuing education of pupils

 

leaving a school,

 

(c)    

information about the employment or training taken up

 

by such pupils on leaving a school,

 

    

is to be treated as information about the school.”’.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

Not called  201

 

Clause  20,  page  19,  line  15,  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

assist in making informed judgments about the comparative effectiveness

 

of individual schools and colleges in providing high quality education, by

 

facilitating comparisons of schools and colleges which have similar pupil

 

characteristics in relation to special needs, economic advantage and

 

disadvantage, and other relevant factors.’.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

Not called  202

 

Clause  20,  page  19,  line  19,  after ‘England’, insert ‘the OFSTED, subject to the

 

approval of’.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

Not called  235

 

Clause  20,  page  20,  line  3,  at end add—


 
 

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Children, Schools and Families Bill, continued

 
 

‘(4)    

The use of any information obtained as a result of this section shall be the subject

 

of an annual report to Parliament.’.

 

Clause Agreed to on division.

 

Clause 21 Agreed to.

 


 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

Withdrawn  203

 

Clause  22,  page  22,  line  10,  at end add—

 

‘(7)    

The Secretary of State shall not exercise any of the powers conferred by

 

subsections (1) to (6) above without—

 

(a)    

consulting the local authority in which the school is located, and

 

(b)    

receiving advice supporting the planned actions from an independent

 

body established to make impartial assessments of school standards.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Tim Loughton

 

Bill Wiggin

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

Mr Edward Timpson

 

Withdrawn  336

 

Clause  23,  page  22,  line  22,  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

Regulations under subsection (2) may only be made after consulting with the

 

Council.’.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

Not called  204

 

Clause  23,  page  23,  line  43,  at end add—

 

‘(3)    

 

(1)    

None of the measures set out in subsection (1) and (2) shall come into

 

effect until the Secretary of State has commissioned an independent

 

report into—

 

(a)    

the most effective ways of improving continuous professional

 

development for teachers, and

 

(b)    

any necessary changes in the system of performance

 

management for teachers.

 

(2)    

The Independent Report must be informed by consultation with the

 

General Teaching Council for England, the Select Committee for the

 

Department of Children, Schools and Families, representatives of the

 

teaching profession in England, and other suitable bodies.’.


 
 

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Children, Schools and Families Bill, continued

 
 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

Not selected  236

 

Page  22,  line  12,  leave out Clause 23.

 

Clause Agreed to on division.

 


 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Tim Loughton

 

Bill Wiggin

 

Mr Edward Timpson

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

Not called  196

 

Clause  24,  page  24,  line  6,  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

Regulations may only be made under subsection (1) after the council has issued

 

a statement expressing its support for the introduction of a licence to practise as

 

described in section 23 of the Children, Schools and Families Act 2010.’.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Tim Loughton

 

Bill Wiggin

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

Mr Edward Timpson

 

Not called  337

 

Clause  24,  page  24,  leave out lines 18 to 20.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

Not selected  237

 

Page  24,  line  1,  leave out Clause 24.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

Not selected  238a

 

Page  24,  line  21,  leave out Clause 25.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

Not selected  253

 

Page  25,  line  5,  leave out Clause 26.


 
 

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Children, Schools and Families Bill, continued

 
 

Clause Agreed to on division.

 


 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Tim Loughton

 

Bill Wiggin

 

Mr Edward Timpson

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

Negatived on division  307

 

Schedule  1,  page  38,  line  9,  after ‘shall’, insert ‘, for its own internal use’.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

Not called  210

 

Schedule  1,  page  38,  line  9,  after ‘a’, insert ‘notification’.

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

Not called  254

 

Schedule  1,  page  38,  line  10,  leave out from first ‘of’ to ‘to’ and insert ‘providing

 

support’.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Tim Loughton

 

Bill Wiggin

 

Mr Edward Timpson

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

Not called  152

 

Schedule  1,  page  38,  line  12,  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

The register referred to in subsection (1) shall not be publicly available.’.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

Not called  211

 

Schedule  1,  page  38,  line  25,  leave out ‘applied to’ and insert ‘provided the

 

required information to notify’.

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

Not called  255

 

Schedule  1,  page  38,  line  25,  leave out ‘applied to’ and insert ‘notified’.

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

Not called  256

 

Schedule  1,  page  38,  line  25,  leave out ‘for the child’s details’ and insert ‘, that the

 

child’s details are’.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

Not called  213

 

Schedule  1,  page  38,  line  32,  leave out ‘or (7)’.


 
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