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House of Commons

 
 

Notices of Amendments

 

given on

 

Thursday 18 February 2010

 

For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s) of Supplement to Votes:

 

831-55, 905 and 925-26

 

Consideration of Bill


 

Children, Schools and Families Bill, As Amended

 

Inquiry into regulation and support for home education

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

NC18

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The Secretary of State shall establish an independent inquiry into the future

 

regulation of and support for home educating parents and children.

 

(2)    

The independent inquiry shall consult fully with all interested parties, including

 

home educating parents, families and children, and shall report by 31 December

 

2011.

 

(3)    

The independent inquiry shall specifically consider the following issues—

 

(a)    

the case for a light touch system of notification for all home educating

 

families;

 

(b)    

the nature of the support package which should be made available to

 

home educating families on notification of home education;

 

(c)    

the appropriate definition for a “suitable” home education;

 

(d)    

the powers which local authorities may need to have available to deal

 

with any cases where it is believed that a suitable home education is not

 

being delivered.

 

(4)    

In preparing its report the independent inquiry shall make recommendations only

 

in relation to educational and not welfare concerns.’.


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 18 February 2010                  

928

 

Children, Schools and Families Bill, continued

 
 

Review of family proceeding provisions

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

NC19

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The Lord Chancellor must commission an independent review of the operation of

 

Part 2 of this Act and set out the conclusions of the review in a report to be laid

 

before Parliament and considered by the Justice Committee of the House of

 

Commons.

 

(2)    

The review for the purposes of subsection (1) must not be commenced before

 

completion of the evaluation of the family courts information pilot or the end of

 

the period of 18 months beginning with the time section 32 comes into force,

 

whichever is the later.’.

 

Provision of healthy school meals

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

NC20

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The Secretary of State shall publish plans in respect of the provision of lunches

 

in all maintained schools by 31 December 2010.

 

(2)    

Those plans must make provision for—

 

(a)    

increasing the take up of healthy school meals;

 

(b)    

all children in maintained schools to sit down to eat a healthy lunch in an

 

appropriate setting on all full school days by 1 January 2012;

 

(c)    

supporting schools and colleges to provide adequate facilities for serving

 

and consuming school meals;

 

(d)    

all schools to allow sufficient time for the daily consumption of a healthy

 

lunch.’.

 

Publication of serious case reviews

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

NC21

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

When Local Safeguarding Children Boards commission serious case reviews

 

these shall be published in full within 60 days of completion, subject only to the

 

redaction and anonymisation which is necessary to protect the welfare and

 

reasonable expectation of privacy of those persons mentioned in the Serious Case

 

Review.

 

(2)    

The Local Safeguarding Children Boards must also ensure that within 12 months

 

of the publication of the serious case reviews there is in each case an independent

 

evaluation of the extent to which the conclusions of the review have been acted

 

upon.’.


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 18 February 2010                  

929

 

Children, Schools and Families Bill, continued

 
 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

71

 

Page  18,  line  8,  leave out Clause 20.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

72

 

Page  20,  line  41,  leave out Clause 22.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

73

 

Page  22,  line  12,  leave out Clause 23.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

74

 

Page  24,  line  1,  leave out Clause 24.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

75

 

Page  24,  line  21,  leave out Clause 25.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

76

 

Page  25,  line  5,  leave out Clause 26.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

77

 

Page  25,  line  7,  leave out Clause 27.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

78

 

Page  37,  line  2,  leave out Schedule 1.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

79

 

Page  7,  line  17  [Clause  6],  leave out ‘shall’ and insert ‘may’.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

80

 

Page  1,  line  4,  leave out Clause 1.


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 18 February 2010                  

930

 

Children, Schools and Families Bill, continued

 
 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

81

 

Page  3,  line  4,  leave out Clause 2.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

82

 

Page  3,  line  27,  leave out Clause 3.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

83

 

Page  5,  line  21,  leave out Clause 4.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

84

 

Page  6,  line  34,  leave out Clause 5.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

85

 

Page  7,  line  12,  leave out Clause 6.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

86

 

Page  12,  line  12,  leave out Clause 10.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

87

 

Page  17,  line  30,  leave out Clause 19.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

88

 

Page  26,  line  11  [Clause  28],  at end insert—

 

‘(8)    

Provision must be made for appeals by those persons who consider it to be

 

unreasonable or improper to supply the specified information to the Local

 

Safeguarding Children Board under this section.’.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

89

 

Page  7,  line  19  [Clause  6],  at end insert, ‘provided that the local authority judges

 

that such a survey provides good value for money in helping to deliver school

 

improvement.’.


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 18 February 2010                  

931

 

Children, Schools and Families Bill, continued

 
 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

90

 

Page  27,  line  10  [Clause  30],  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘shall’.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

91

 

Page  46,  line  10,  leave out Schedule 2.

 

Continuous professional development

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

NC22

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

None of the measures set out in section 23 (licence to practise) 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 Children, Schools and Families Committee of

 

the House of Commons, representatives of the teaching profession in England,

 

and other suitable bodies.’.

 

Secretary Ed Balls

 

92

 

Page  14,  line  10  [Clause  11],  leave out from ‘State’ to end of line 11.

 

Secretary Ed Balls

 

93

 

Page  14,  line  39  [Clause  13],  leave out ‘(5)’ and insert ‘(5A)’.

 

Secretary Ed Balls

 

94

 

Page  15,  line  1  [Clause  13],  after ‘education’ insert ‘or (in Wales) sex education’.

 

Secretary Ed Balls

 

95

 

Page  15,  line  12  [Clause  13],  leave out subsection (4) and insert—

 

‘( )    

After subsection (1ZA) (inserted by subsection (3) above) there is inserted—

 

““(1ZB)    =1>ZB

The Secretary of State must issue guidance designed to secure that

 

where sex and relationships education is given to registered pupils at

 

schools in England to which this section applies, they learn—

 

(a)    

the nature of marriage and its importance for family life and the

 

bringing up of children,

 

(b)    

the nature of civil partnership, and

 

(c)    

the importance of strong and stable relationships.”

 

( )    

In subsection (1A)—


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 18 February 2010                  

932

 

Children, Schools and Families Bill, continued

 
 

(a)    

for “The Secretary of State” there is substituted “The Welsh Ministers”;

 

(b)    

after “maintained schools” there is inserted “in Wales”.

 

( )    

In subsection (1B), for “the Secretary of State’s guidance” there is substituted

 

“the guidance under subsection (1ZB) or, in the case of schools in Wales,

 

subsection (1A)”.’.

 

Secretary Ed Balls

 

96

 

Page  15,  line  19  [Clause  13],  leave out subsection (5) and insert—

 

‘(5)    

In subsection (1C)—

 

(a)    

for “subsection (1A)” there is substituted “subsection (1ZB) or (1A)”;

 

(b)    

for “sex education” there is substituted “sex and relationships

 

education, or (in Wales) sex education,”.

 

(5A)    

In subsection (1D), for “subsection (1A)” there is substituted “subsection

 

(1ZB), and the Welsh Ministers may at any time revise their guidance under

 

subsection (1A)”.’.

 

Secretary Ed Balls

 

97

 

Page  15,  line  21  [Clause  13],  leave out from ‘interpretation),’ to ‘does’ in line 26

 

and insert ‘in subsection (1), before the definition of “sex education” there is inserted—

 

“sex and relationships education” includes education about—

 

(a)    

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and Human

 

Immunodeficiency Virus, and

 

(b)    

any other sexually transmitted disease,

 

but’.

 

Secretary Ed Balls

 

98

 

Page  15  [Clause  14],  leave out lines 29 to 36 and insert ‘In section 405 of EA 1996

 

(exemption from sex education), for “If the parent of any pupil in attendance at a

 

maintained school requests” there is substituted—

 

“(1)    

If the parent of a pupil under the age of 15 in attendance at a school in England to

 

which section 403 applies requests that the pupil may be wholly or partly excused

 

from receiving sex and relationships education at the school, the pupil shall be so

 

excused accordingly until—

 

(a)    

the request is withdrawn, or

 

(b)    

the pupil attains the age of 15.

 

(2)    

If the parent of any pupil in attendance at a maintained school in Wales

 

requests”.’.

 

Secretary Ed Balls

 

99

 

Page  47,  line  34  [Schedule  4],  after second ‘education’ insert ‘etc.’.

 

Secretary Ed Balls

 

100

 

Page  47,  line  37  [Schedule  4],  after ‘education’ insert ‘etc.’.

 

Secretary Ed Balls

 

101

 

Page  48,  line  2  [Schedule  4],  after ‘education’ insert ‘or (in Wales) sex education’.


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 18 February 2010                  

933

 

Children, Schools and Families Bill, continued

 
 

Secretary Ed Balls

 

102

 

Page  48  [Schedule  4],  leave out line 9 and insert—

 

    ‘( )  

Before the entry for “sex education” there is inserted—’.

 

Secretary Ed Balls

 

103

 

Page  48,  line  10  [Schedule  4],  at end insert—

 

    ‘( )  

In the entry for “sex education”, for “section 352(3)” there is substituted

 

“section 579(1)”.’.

 

Secretary Ed Balls

 

104

 

Page  48,  line  12  [Schedule  4],  after ‘education’ insert ‘etc.’.

 

Secretary Ed Balls

 

105

 

Page  48,  line  13  [Schedule  4],  after ‘education’ insert ‘or (in Wales) sex

 

education’.

 

Secretary Ed Balls

 

106

 

Page  49,  line  19  [Schedule  4],  at end insert—

 

‘(b)    

for “section 403(1A)” there is substituted “section 403(1ZB)”.’.

 

Secretary Ed Balls

 

107

 

Page  52  [Schedule  5],  leave out line 20.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

108

 

Page  2,  line  34  [Clause  1],  leave out subsection (7).

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

109

 

Page  41,  line  34  [Schedule  1],  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

what support the child may need in relation to any special educational

 

needs or disabilities.’.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Annette Brooke

 

110

 

Page  42,  line  5  [Schedule  1],  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

making any provision in relation to any special educational needs the

 

child may have.’.

 


 
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