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House of Commons

 
 

Notices of Amendments

 

given on

 

Thursday 22 July 2010

 

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

 

104-108

 

Committee of the whole House


 

Academies Bill [Lords]

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

77

 

Clause  5,  page  4,  line  14,  leave out ‘may take place before or after an Academy

 

order, or’ and insert ‘must take place before’.

 

Social cohesion

 

Ed Balls

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

Diana R. Johnson

 

Kerry McCarthy

 

NC7

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

Before a school makes an application for an Academy order or an Academy

 

arrangement with an additional school the relevant local authority must be asked

 

to assess the impact of Academy status on—

 

(a)    

admissions in the local authority area where the school is situated;

 

(b)    

funding between all publicly funded schools in the local authority area

 

where the school is situated; and

 

(c)    

social cohesion in the local authority area where the school is situated.

 

(2)    

The impact assessment in subsection (1) should be made with regard to any

 

existing policies the local authority or local schools forum have in relation to (a),

 

(b) and (c).

 

(3)    

Before making an Academy order or an Academy arrangement with an additional

 

school the Secretary of State must have regard to the impact assessment in

 

subsection (1) made by the local authority.


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 22 July 2010                     

110

 

Academies Bill [Lords] continued

 
 

Ed Balls

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

Diana R. Johnson

 

Kerry McCarthy

 

78

 

Clause  3,  page  3,  line  11,  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

Before making an application for an Academy order, the governing body shall

 

consult relevant parties on whether to make such an application.

 

(1B)    

The Secretary of State shall issue guidance as to how governing bodies should

 

conduct such a consultation with parents, pupils, teaching and non-teaching staff

 

and their representatives, neighbouring schools and the local authority and such

 

other parties as he may think appropriate and such guidance must also specify the

 

information to be made available to consultees in relation to the proposed

 

arrangements for Academy status.’.

 

Ed Balls

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

Diana R. Johnson

 

Kerry McCarthy

 

79

 

Clause  4,  page  4,  line  8,  at end add—

 

‘(8)    

Before making an Academy Order in respect of a maintained school under this

 

section, the Secretary of State shall consult with—

 

(a)    

the local authority,

 

(b)    

any other local authority who would in his opinion be affected by the

 

making of an Academy Order,

 

(c)    

teachers and other staff at the school and their representatives,

 

(d)    

parents and pupils of the school and the other schools in the community,

 

and

 

(e)    

such other persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.’.

 

Ed Balls

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

Diana R. Johnson

 

Kerry McCarthy

 

80

 

Clause  5,  page  4,  line  14,  leave out from ‘consultation’ to first ‘an’ and insert ‘must

 

take place before’.


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 22 July 2010                     

111

 

Academies Bill [Lords] continued

 
 

Ed Balls

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

Diana R. Johnson

 

Kerry McCarthy

 

81

 

Clause  4,  page  3,  line  34,  at end insert—

 

‘(3A)    

The Secretary of State shall publish criteria which he will apply in deciding

 

whether to make Academy orders, which shall be in such form and shall contain

 

such particulars as may be prescribed in regulations.’.

 

Ed Balls

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

Diana R. Johnson

 

Kerry McCarthy

 

82

 

Clause  3,  page  3,  line  11,  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

An application under subsection (1) shall be in such form and shall contain such

 

particulars as may be prescribed in regulations.’.

 

Ed Balls

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

Diana R. Johnson

 

Kerry McCarthy

 

83

 

Clause  4,  page  4,  line  3,  leave out subsection (6).

 

Ed Balls

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

Diana R. Johnson

 

Kerry McCarthy

 

84

 

Clause  19,  page  10,  line  14,  leave out from ‘force’ to end and insert ‘12 months

 

from the passage of this Act.’.

 

Ed Balls

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

Diana R. Johnson

 

Kerry McCarthy

 

85

 

Clause  19,  page  10,  line  16,  at end insert ‘no less than 12 months from the passage

 

of this Act.’.


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 22 July 2010                     

112

 

Academies Bill [Lords] continued

 
 

Lisa Nandy

 

86

 

Clause  5,  page  4,  line  14,  leave out subsection (3).

 


 
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