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House of Commons

 
 

Tuesday 8 March 2011

 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

 

Education Bill


 

[Fifth and Sixth sittings]


 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

Negatived on division  4

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  10,  at beginning insert ‘Subject to subsection (4),’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

Not called  6

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  15,  at end insert ‘but must include children aged two years

 

who—

 

(i)    

have been assessed by the local authority as having special

 

educational needs;

 

(ii)    

speak English as an additional language;

 

(iii)    

are in the care of the local authority;

 

(iv)    

whose family income is less than £20,000 per annum;

 

(v)    

whose family includes three or more children aged 0 to 14;

 

(vi)    

who live in one of the 20 per cent. most disadvantaged areas of

 

the country (as defined by the Index of Multiple Deprivation); or

 

(vii)    

live in rented accommodation.’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

Not called  7

 

Clause  1,  page  2,  leave out lines 1 to 6.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

Negatived on division  5

 

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  9,  at end insert—

 

‘(4)    

 

(a)    

Regulations under subsection (1) must provide for early years education

 

to be free of charge to all children at the start of the term beginning on or

 

following the date set out in paragraph (b).

 

(b)    

The relevant dates for the purposes of this subsection are—

 

(i)    

in the case of a child who was born in the period 1 January to 31

 

March, 1 April following the child’s third birthday;


 
 

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(ii)    

in the case of a child who was born in the period 1 April to 31

 

August, 1 September following the child’s third birthday; and

 

(iii)    

in the case of a child who was born in the period 1 September to

 

31 December, 1 January following the child’s third birthday.’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

Not called  8

 

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  9,  at end insert—

 

‘(4)    

Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills shall

 

report to Parliament within 12 months of the commencement of section 1 of the

 

Education Act 2011 on the quality of early years provision made free of charge

 

for two year olds.’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

Withdrawn  9

 

Clause  1,  page  3,  line  15,  after ‘is’, insert ‘not’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

Question proposed  10

 

Clause  2,  page  3,  line  32,  at beginning insert ‘Subject to subsection (7),’.

 

[Adjourned until Thursday at 9.00 am


 
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