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House of Commons

 
 

Notices of Amendments

 

given on

 

Thursday 24 March 2011

 

For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s):

 

Education Bill Committee 142-158

 

Public Bill Committee


 

Education Bill

 

Julie Hilling

 

Stella Creasy

 

146

 

Clause  27,  page  27,  line  36,  at end insert—

 

‘(d)    

is provided by persons appropriately qualified to provide comprehensive

 

and impartial careers guidance.’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

147

 

Clause  34,  page  32,  line  34,  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

In section 84 (Code of practice) after subsection (2) insert—

 

“(2A)    

In framing the code, the Secretary of State must require each admission

 

authority in agreeing admission arrangements to ensure fair access to

 

educational opportunity.”.’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

148

 

Clause  34,  page  32,  line  35,  leave out subsection (2).

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

149

 

Clause  34,  page  33,  line  35,  leave out subsection (3).


 
 

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Education Bill, continued

 
 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

150

 

Clause  34,  page  33,  line  4,  leave out subsection (4).

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

151

 

Clause  34,  page  33,  line  3,  at end insert—

 

‘(3A)    

Notwithstanding subsection (3), in the case of a school which is its own

 

admission authority, whether maintained or an Academy, the local authority of

 

the area in which the school is situated may direct the school to amend any aspect

 

of the admission arrangements consistent with a binding judgement of the

 

Adjudicator made under section 88E (Variation of admission arrangements).’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

152

 

Clause  34,  page  33,  line  8,  after ‘admissions’, insert ‘which must require the local

 

authority to issue a report once every school year on the effectiveness of in-year

 

coordination of admissions and the willingness of each admission authority to report to

 

the local authority the availability of places’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

153

 

Clause  34,  page  33,  line  8,  after ‘admissions’, insert ‘which must require the local

 

authority to issue a report once every school year on the effectiveness of the Fair Access

 

Protocol arrangements in the local authority area’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

154

 

Clause  34,  page  33,  line  8,  after ‘admissions’, insert ‘which must require the local

 

authority to publish its response to any proposal by an admission authority in its

 

admissions area to change the school’s admissions arrangements including whether the

 

proposal complies with the School Admissions Code and the Equality Act 2010’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

155

 

Clause  36,  page  33,  line  29,  at beginning insert ‘Subject to subsection (2)’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

156

 

Clause  36,  page  33,  line  29,  at end insert—

 

‘(2)    

Notwithstanding any other provision, the Secretary of State must by order

 

transfer to each local authority all relevant duties and powers held by the

 

Secretary of State in relation to the establishment of new schools which will be

 

funded out of public funds.’.


 
 

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Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

157

 

Schedule  10,  page  82,  line  6,  leave out paragraphs 2, 3, 4 and 5.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

158

 

Clause  37,  page  33,  line  37,  at end insert—

 

‘(ba)    

persons appointed as local authority governors;’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

159

 

Clause  37,  page  33,  line  37,  at end insert—

 

‘(ba)    

persons elected as staff governors;’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

160

 

Clause  37,  page  33,  line  37,  at end insert—

 

‘(ba)    

persons appointed to be community governors;’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

161

 

Clause  37,  page  34,  line  4,  at end insert—

 

‘(1B)    

The Secretary of State, in prescribing regulations, must require the existing

 

elected and appointed governors to consider the need for all groups which

 

contribute to the school community to be either elected or appointed to the school

 

governing body.’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

162

 

Clause  37,  page  34,  line  4,  at end insert—

 

‘(1B)    

The Secretary of State, in prescribing regulations, must require the existing

 

elected and appointed governors to consider the need for the diversity of the

 

school community to be reflected in the persons elected or appointed to the school

 

governing body.’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

163

 

Clause  37,  page  34,  leave out lines 7 to 18.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

164

 

Clause  39,  page  34,  line  32,  at end insert—

 

‘(4C)    

However, the regulations must provide that if the local authority requests that a

 

school be inspected by the Chief Inspector under any provision, the Chief

 

Inspector must comply.


 
 

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(4D)    

In any event, the local authority must request an inspection if a petition supported

 

by 25 per cent. of the parents of registered pupils requests an inspection.’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

165

 

Clause  40,  page  35,  line  45,  at end insert—

 

‘(e)    

the contribution of the school to community cohesion.’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

166

 

Clause  40,  page  36,  line  9,  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

the quality of the governance arrangements at the school;

 

(d)    

whether the financial resources made available to the school are managed

 

effectively.’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

167

 

Clause  41,  page  36,  line  23,  at end insert—

 

‘(1C)    

However, the regulations must provide that if the local authority requests that a

 

college be inspected by the Chief Inspector under any provision, the Chief

 

Inspector must comply.

 

(1D)    

In any event, the local authority must request an inspection if a petition supported

 

by 25 per cent. of the registered students requests an inspection.’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

168

 

Clause  41,  page  36,  line  42,  after ‘for’, insert ‘up to half’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

169

 

Clause  44,  page  38,  line  42,  at beginning insert—

 

    

‘Subject to subsection (3)’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

170

 

Clause  44,  page  39,  line  28,  at end insert—

 

‘(3)    

The Secretary of State must not commence this section under section 78

 

(Commencement) until six months after Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of

 

Education, Children’s Services and Skills with the Commissioner for Local

 

Administration have reported jointly to the Secretary of State on the operation of

 

Part 10, Chapter 2 (Complaints: England), ASCLA 2009, and the Secretary of

 

State has laid the report before Parliament.’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

171

 

Clause  44,  page  39,  leave out lines 2 to 8.


 
 

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Education Bill, continued

 
 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

172

 

Clause  44,  page  39,  line  10,  leave out ‘omit subsections (3) and (4)’ and insert—

 

‘(i)    

in subsection (2) (Bodies to which section 496 applies), after

 

“authority”, insert—

 

“(ab)    

the proprietor of any Academy;”

 

(ii)    

omit subsections (3) and (4).’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

173

 

Clause  44,  page  39,  line  12,  leave out ‘omit subsections (4) and (5)’ and insert—

 

‘(i)    

in subsection (2) (Bodies to which section 497 applies), after

 

“authority”, insert—

 

“(ab)    

the proprietor of any Academy;”

 

(ii)    

omit subsections (4) and (5).’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

174

 

Clause  45,  page  39,  line  33,  after ‘direction’, insert ‘approved by an affirmative

 

resolution by both Houses of Parliament,’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

175

 

Clause  46,  page  40,  line  4,  leave out ‘a significant’ and insert ‘an’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

176

 

Clause  47,  page  40,  line  10,  leave out subsection (2).

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

177

 

Clause  47,  page  40,  line  14,  leave out subsection (3) and (4).

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

178

 

Clause  47,  page  40,  line  11,  after ‘to’, insert ‘the marginal cost of’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

179

 

Clause  47,  page  40,  line  18,  after second ‘the’, insert ‘marginal’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

180

 

Clause  47,  page  40,  line  9,  at beginning insert—


 
 

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‘(Z1)    

In section 451 (Prohibition of charges for provision of education) of the EA 1996,

 

leave out “compulsory school age” and insert “from the September following the

 

pupil’s fourth birthday”.’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

181

 

Clause  47,  page  40,  line  20,  at end insert—

 

‘(6B)    

Notwithstanding subsection (6A), no charge may be made in any circumstances

 

for early years provision if the pupil’s family is eligible for free early years

 

provision for two year olds under regulations made under section 7 of the

 

Childcare Act 2006.’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

182

 

Schedule  11,  page  87,  line  17,  leave out paragraph 3.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

183

 

Schedule  11,  page  87,  line  38,  leave out paragraph 10.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

184

 

Schedule  11,  page  87,  line  25,  leave out paragraph 7.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

185

 

Schedule  11,  page  88,  line  29,  leave out paragraph 13.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

186

 

Schedule  11,  page  89,  line  24,  leave out paragraph 19.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

187

 

Schedule  11,  page  90,  line  13,  leave out paragraph 20.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

188

 

Schedule  11,  page  87,  line  33,  leave out paragraphs 8 and 9.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

189

 

Schedule  11,  page  86,  line  39,  leave out paragraph 2.


 
 

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Education Bill, continued

 
 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

190

 

Clause  49,  page  40,  line  26,  at beginning insert ‘Subject to subsection (5)’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

191

 

Clause  49,  page  40,  line  36,  at end insert—

 

‘(5)    

Notwithstanding the amendments made by subsections (1) to (4), a local authority

 

may elect to categorise a Pupil Referral Unit as a Short Stay School.’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

192

 

Clause  51,  page  41,  line  10,  leave out ‘(2)’ and insert ‘(1A)’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

193

 

Clause  51,  page  41,  line  10,  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

In subsection (1), after “enter”, insert “, by order”.’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

194

 

Clause  51,  page  41,  line  10,  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

The Secretary of State must lay before Parliament the criteria by which he judges

 

whether a person is a fit and proper person to whom he may enter into Academy

 

arrangements, and these criteria must be approved by resolution of both Houses

 

of Parliament before they come into effect.’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

195

 

Clause  51,  page  42,  line  3,  leave out ‘principally’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

196

 

Clause  51,  page  42,  line  13,  after ‘age’, insert ‘for periods of no longer than six

 

months’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

197

 

Clause  52,  page  43,  leave out lines 5 to 11.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

198

 

Clause  53,  page  43,  line  3,  at beginning insert—


 
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