Parliamentary search - Education and Inspections Bill

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2005-06

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Education and Inspections Bill. Brought from the Commons. Explanatory notes HL Bill 116-EN also published.
Thursday, 25 May 2006
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Proceeding contributions

Lord Adonis | 684 c817-8 (Link to this contribution) Obviously I accept that we need to behave sensibly in this area. The Government seek to behave sensi...

Lord Adonis | 684 c815-7 (Link to this contribution) I have spent my political life in what Roy Jenkins called the radical centre, and never have I felt ...

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Baroness Williams of Crosby | 684 c817 (Link to this contribution) I am very grateful to the Minister for giving way for a moment. I fully agree with everything that h...

Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 684 c813 (Link to this contribution) We on these Benches are not arguing against choice. We are arguing that in that choice there should ...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 684 c812-3 (Link to this contribution) I wish to respond to a couple of points. It is almost as if some kind of Scandinavian Utopia exists....

Baroness Williams of Crosby | 684 c812 (Link to this contribution) I very much agree with the noble Earl, Lord Listowel. It is certainly the case that one of the disti...

Baroness Buscombe | 684 c814 (Link to this contribution) I feel the need to rise briefly in response to the noble Lord, Lord Young, to say that I hope he wil...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 684 c814 (Link to this contribution) Perish the thought that I should be pejorative. I should have said ““local authorities”” rather than...

Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 684 c814 (Link to this contribution) It seems to me that it is pejorative for the noble Lord to speak of the higher performing schools, a...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 684 c813-4 (Link to this contribution) Perception is everything. When I listen to the noble Baroness, I cannot help feeling that she worrie...

Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 684 c808-10 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 56: Page 6, line 35, leave out ““from persons other than local education autho...

Lord Adonis | 684 c810 (Link to this contribution) No.

Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 684 c810-1 (Link to this contribution) I am glad to hear that the answer is no. I wish to elaborate on Amendment No. 68. The proposed new ...

Earl of Listowel | 684 c811 (Link to this contribution) I rise briefly to follow up on the discussion by the noble Baroness, Lady Williams of Crosby, of dif...

Baroness Walmsley | 684 c803 (Link to this contribution) If the Minister would find it easier, we on these Benches would be perfectly happy if he were to pos...

Lord Adonis | 684 c802 (Link to this contribution) I have a slight difficulty in replying. I have this group of amendments, which seek to forbid the es...

Lord Adonis | 684 c803-6 (Link to this contribution) I am very happy to do that, in which case I can reply to the noble Baroness helpfully—she said that ...

Baroness Buscombe | 684 c807-8 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his response. I have written lots of notes in response to the noble Barones...

Lord Adonis | 684 c806-7 (Link to this contribution) None of them works as a model that we can emulate, I agree. But international elements are well wort...

Baroness Walmsley | 684 c802 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry—the noble Lord, Lord Gould. The way in which to help all comprehensive schools to be as g...

Baroness Buscombe | 684 c801 (Link to this contribution) Does the noble Baroness therefore relish the idea of exclusion, because that is what I am saying? De...

Baroness Walmsley | 684 c801-2 (Link to this contribution) Certainly not, and my subsequent remarks will make that clear. The noble Baroness also spoke of the...

Lord Gould of Brookwood | 684 c800-1 (Link to this contribution) The question that we have to ask—I was involved as a young socialist in trying to get rid of the loc...

Baroness Walmsley | 684 c801 (Link to this contribution) This has been an interesting debate and it is not over yet. I want to refer to the start of the rema...

Baroness Williams of Crosby | 684 c800 (Link to this contribution) In the noble Lord’s view, is there any system which has done absolutely all that it can for every ch...

Lord Gould of Brookwood | 684 c800 (Link to this contribution) Once again I have the enormous honour of following the noble Baroness, Lady Williams, who I have loo...

Baroness Williams of Crosby | 684 c796-800 (Link to this contribution) I rise on behalf of these Benches to raise some objections to the amendment moved by the noble Baron...

Baroness Walmsley | 684 c792 (Link to this contribution) I am most grateful to the Minister for his reply and I am much reassured by it. I thank him for his ...

Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 684 c791 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may press the Minister on one point. I think that I am reassured that such matters should ...

Lord Adonis | 684 c791-2 (Link to this contribution) It is by the very nature of allowing local discretion that there may be some local variations, but w...

Lord Adonis | 684 c787-8 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the welcome my amendment has received. We regard it as an entirely appropriate res...

Lord Adonis | 684 c788 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 47 to 48: Page 4, line 44, after ““activities”” insert ““which are”” Page ...

Baroness Walmsley | 684 c788-90 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 50: Page 5, line 31, at end insert- ““( ) a local authority must have regard t...

Lord Adonis | 684 c790-1 (Link to this contribution) I am broadly with the noble Baroness in all the objectives she is seeking to achieve. I hope I can a...

Lord Judd | 684 c787 (Link to this contribution) As someone who was concerned about these matters at Second Reading, I welcome greatly the moves that...

Lord Northbourne | 684 c786 (Link to this contribution) I am talking about this now because I may not be able to be in the Chamber when we come to talk abou...

Baroness Buscombe | 684 c787 (Link to this contribution) I rise to support these amendments. There is no question that youth work benefits the community and ...

Baroness Walmsley | 684 c787 (Link to this contribution) From these Benches we too welcome these amendments, but I think I see what the noble Lord, Lord Nort...

Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 684 c818 (Link to this contribution) I take issue with the Minister about Amendment No. 92 which, as far as we are concerned, merely requ...

Baroness Crawley | 684 c818 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move that the House do now resume. Moved accordingly, and, on Question, Motion agreed to.

Lord Northbourne | 684 c786 (Link to this contribution) I strongly support Amendment No. 48, and with it the amendment tabled from the Liberal Benches, Amen...

Lord Adonis | 684 c785-6 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 46: Page 4, line 41, after ““activities”” insert ““which are”” The noble Lord...

Lord Adonis | 684 c786 (Link to this contribution) Now that the noble Lord has developed his remarks, I understand what he is talking about—which is pe...

Baroness Williams of Crosby | 684 c806 (Link to this contribution) They do not work entirely according to the categories of selection versus comprehensiveness—that is ...

Baroness Buscombe | 684 c792-6 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 55: Before Clause 7, insert the following new clause- ““ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMU...

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