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Thursday 31 March 2011

 

Public Bill Committee

 

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Education Bill


 

Note

 

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the

 

Committee [1 March].

 


 

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


 
 

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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.

 

(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.’.

 



 
 

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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

 

169

 

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

 

    

‘Subject to subsection (3)’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

171

 

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

 

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

 

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.’.


 
 

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Mr Graham Stuart

 

77

 

Page  38,  line  41,  leave out Clause 44.

 


 

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

 

180

 

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

 

‘(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

 

176

 

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

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

178

 

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

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

177

 

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

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

179

 

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


 
 

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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

 

189

 

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

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

182

 

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

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

184

 

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

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

188

 

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

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

183

 

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

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

185

 

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

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

202

 

Schedule  11,  page  89,  line  12,  at end insert—

 

‘          

In section 53 (inspection of accounts), in subsection (2)—

 

(a)    

after “section 15ZA” insert “or 18A”;

 

(b)    

omit “61 or”.’.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

203

 

Schedule  11,  page  89,  line  15,  leave out from ‘for’ to end of line and insert ‘the

 

words from “Chief Executive of Skills Funding” to “Executive”)” substitute “Secretary


 
 

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of State”.’.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

204

 

Schedule  11,  page  89,  leave out lines 16 to 18 and insert—

 

      ‘()  

In subsection (3), for “Chief Executive” substitute “Secretary of State”.

 

      ()  

Omit subsection (4).

 

      ()  

In subsections (5) and (6), for “Chief Executive”, wherever occurring,

 

substitute “Secretary of State”.

 

      ()  

For subsection (9) substitute—

 

“(9)    

The Secretary of State may not give a direction to a governing body

 

under subsection (6)(c) which relates to the dismissal of a member of

 

staff.”’.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

205

 

Schedule  11,  page  89,  line  21,  at end insert—

 

‘          

Section 56B (intervention policy: England) is repealed.

 

            

Section 56C (directions) is repealed.’.

 

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.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

206

 

Schedule  11,  page  90,  leave out lines 21 and 22 and insert—

 

‘   (1)  

Section 82 (joint exercise of functions) is amended as follows.

 

      (2)  

For subsection (1) substitute—

 

“(1)    

A relevant authority may exercise any of its functions jointly with—

 

(a)    

another relevant authority, or

 

(b)    

the Secretary of State, to the extent that the Secretary of State

 

is discharging functions under section 14 of the Education Act

 

2002,

 

    

where the condition in subsection (1B) is met.

 

(1A)    

The Secretary of State may exercise functions under section 14 of the

 

Education Act 2002 jointly with a relevant authority where the

 

condition in subsection (1B) is met.

 

(1B)    

The condition is that it appears to the persons who are to exercise

 

functions jointly that to do so—

 

(a)    

will be more efficient, or

 

(b)    

will enable them more effectively to discharge any of their

 

functions.”


 
 

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      (3)  

In subsection (2), for the words from the beginning to “provision” substitute

 

“A relevant authority must, if directed to do so by the Secretary of State, make

 

provision jointly with another relevant authority or with the Secretary of

 

State”.

 

      (4)  

In subsection (3)(a) omit “the YPLA,”.’.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

207

 

Schedule  11,  page  91,  line  2,  leave out ‘7(7), 8’ and insert ‘7(2), (3), (4)(b), (5)(a),

 

(6) and (7), 8 to’.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

208

 

Schedule  11,  page  91,  line  4,  leave out ‘paragraph’ and insert ‘paragraphs 7 and’.

 


 

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.’.


 
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