Education and Inspections Bill. Lords Committee stage fourth day. Clauses 39-78 agreed to, clauses 39 and 49 as amended. Schedules 5-10 agreed to, schedule 10 as amended. New clauses considered. (Part 2 of 2).
Education and Inspections Bill
Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Thursday, 20 July 2006,
in the House of Lords.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
684 c1459-534
Session
2005-06
Legislative stage
Committee stage
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Education and Inspections Bill. Brought from the Commons. Explanatory notes HL Bill 116-EN also published.
Thursday, 25 May 2006
Bills
House of Lords
Thursday, 25 May 2006
Bills
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions
Earl of Listowel | 684 c1472 (Link to this contribution)
I hope the question I am about to ask has not already been asked; I apologiseif it has. The wife of ...
Lord Adonis | 684 c1468-72 (Link to this contribution)
The noble Baroness, Lady Howarth, raises exactly the right question. If there were easy answers in t...
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Lord Dearing | 684 c1472-3 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Minister for his response. I was looking not for immediate acceptance of these amendment...
Lord Adonis | 684 c1472 (Link to this contribution)
Class sizes in primary schools have been reducing; the average size has reduced since 1997. It has r...
Lord Lucas | 684 c1473-4 (Link to this contribution)
I entirely support what the noble Lord, Lord Dearing, said about timescale. Clearly, as the Minister...
Lord Adonis | 684 c1473 (Link to this contribution)
I could give further responses to each of those points in turn, but perhaps I may write to the noble...
Lord Adonis | 684 c1475 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 166:
After Clause 40, insert the following new clause-
““DUTY OF GOVERNING BOD...
Baroness Buscombe | 684 c1474 (Link to this contribution)
This has been a good debate, which has confirmed what I said at the outset, which is that there is a...
Lord Adonis | 684 c1475-6 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 171:
After Clause 41, insert the following new clause-
““ADMISSION ARRANGEMENT...
Lord Adonis | 684 c1476 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 175:
After Clause 48, insert the following new clause-
““SCHOOLS WITH PRE-1998...
Baroness Buscombe | 684 c1459-60 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 164:
Page 30, line 2, at end insert-
““( ) The authority shall ensure the pare...
Lord Lucas | 684 c1464-6 (Link to this contribution)
I would like to hear the Minister state that he recognises that the amendment tabled by the noble Lo...
Baroness Williams of Crosby | 684 c1464 (Link to this contribution)
My contribution to this group will be short, as I realise that the noble Baroness, Lady Buscombe, ha...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 684 c1462-4 (Link to this contribution)
My name is added to that of the noble Lord, Lord Dearing, on Amendment No. 179. We on these Benches ...
Baroness Warnock | 684 c1461-2 (Link to this contribution)
I hope it is in order for me to make an addendum to what the noble Lord, Lord Dearing, has just said...
Baroness Howarth of Breckland | 684 c1467 (Link to this contribution)
My sympathy is absolutely with the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Dearing, but I live in the real...
Baroness Warnock | 684 c1466-7 (Link to this contribution)
I want to say a word in support of Amendment No. 181A, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Lucas—par...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 684 c1467 (Link to this contribution)
I very much echo the first statement made by the noble Lord, Lord Lucas—we would all like to hear th...
Lord Dearing | 684 c1483-4 (Link to this contribution)
We seem to touch again and again on academies. I warmly support for the whole academy initiative; I ...
Baroness Buscombe | 684 c1483 (Link to this contribution)
I rise to speak to Amendment No. 185 in this group which seeks to remove paragraph (c) of Clause 53(...
Lord Adonis | 684 c1489-90 (Link to this contribution)
In response to the points made on Amendments Nos. 187C and 188, spoken to by the noble Baroness, Lad...
Baroness Massey of Darwen | 684 c1491-2 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 191A:
Before Clause 67, insert the following new clause-
““CURRICULUM REQUIREM...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 684 c1490-1 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the noble Lord and I am delighted that he is thinking again about Amendment No. 188A. It wou...
Lord Adonis | 684 c1484-6 (Link to this contribution)
We are addressing the very important issue of tackling school failure. We have had a constructive de...
Lord Sutherland of Houndwood | 684 c1484 (Link to this contribution)
I have two points to make on the amendments; one is in relation to that just raised by my noble frie...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 684 c1486-7 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 185F:
Page 43, line 8, after ““school”” insert ““or the employee of the author...
Baroness Scott of Needham Market | 684 c1486 (Link to this contribution)
I said that my remarks were not in any way intended to be anti-academy—they certainly were not. I wa...
Baroness Buscombe | 684 c1476 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendments Nos. 176 to 178:
Page 38, line 29, leave out ““subsection (2)”” and insert ““subs...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 684 c1482 (Link to this contribution)
On behalf of these Benches I shall speak to two amendments in this group, Amendments Nos. 185B and 1...
Baroness Buscombe | 684 c1480-1 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Minister. I would quite like to look at them because it seems almost scary that one has ...
Lord Adonis | 684 c1479-80 (Link to this contribution)
I am completely with the noble Baroness in spirit. She referred to the ““assault””—perhaps I may put...
Lord Sutherland of Houndwood | 684 c1479 (Link to this contribution)
One cannot but be sympathetic to the amendment’s intention and the arguments that lie behind it. Eve...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 684 c1478 (Link to this contribution)
As the noble Baroness, Lady Buscombe, rightly said, we debated at considerable length a somewhat sim...
Baroness Buscombe | 684 c1476-8 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 180:
After Clause 50, insert the following new clause-
““DUTY TO REDUCE REGULA...
Baroness Williams of Crosby | 684 c1482 (Link to this contribution)
I should like to add one last comment on Amendment No. 61 to those already made by my noble friends....
Lord Lucas | 684 c1506-8 (Link to this contribution)
I shall speak to my amendment before we get too far along. This group of amendments threatens to tak...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 684 c1508-9 (Link to this contribution)
I cannot resist speaking to this series of amendments because they hit on two areas about which I am...
Lord Dearing | 684 c1509-10 (Link to this contribution)
The Minister is showing signs of rising, but he would perhaps prefer to hear about all the amendment...
Baroness Massey of Darwen | 684 c1496 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Minister for his response. I recognise that much has been done. My noble friend mentione...
Baroness Buscombe | 684 c1496-502 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 192:
Page 49, line 5, at end insert ““, and
( ) a modern foreign language spec...
Baroness Williams of Crosby | 684 c1502-4 (Link to this contribution)
The noble Baroness, Lady Buscombe, has given a comprehensive introduction to this group of important...
Lord Dearing | 684 c1504-5 (Link to this contribution)
Before speaking to my own amendment I should like to comment on the amendment proposed by the noble ...
Earl of Listowel | 684 c1492-4 (Link to this contribution)
I support these amendments and I want to make three points: first, about looked-after children; seco...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 684 c1494 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I speak to Amendment No. 193A in my name, and that of my noble friend Lady Walmsley; and s...
Lord Adonis | 684 c1494-6 (Link to this contribution)
I acknowledge the immense contributions that my noble friends Lady Massey and Lady Gould have made t...
Baroness Crawley | 684 c1534 (Link to this contribution)
I beg to move that the House do now resume.
Moved accordingly, and, on Question, Motion agreed to.
Baroness Buscombe | 684 c1532 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Minister for his reply. I very much appreciate that the Minister is making strides in te...
Lord Adonis | 684 c1532-4 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 214:
Page 210, line 34, leave out sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) and insert-
““( )...
Lord Adonis | 684 c1531 (Link to this contribution)
Amendment No. 210, in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Buscombe, addresses issues relating to th...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 684 c1531-2 (Link to this contribution)
I am extremely grateful to the Minister for his response and for his promise to look again at these ...
Baroness Darcy de Knayth | 684 c1530 (Link to this contribution)
I very warmly support Amendments Nos. 211B to 211D, which were spoken to so graphically by the noble...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 684 c1529-30 (Link to this contribution)
I have three amendments in this group, Amendments Nos. 211B, 211C and 211D. They all relate to Claus...
Baroness Buscombe | 684 c1528-9 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 210:
Page 53, line 40, leave out from beginning to end of line 24 on page 54.
...
Bishop of Peterborough | 684 c1526 (Link to this contribution)
Although I have no amendment in this group, I hope the Committee will allow me to address the other ...
Baroness Williams of Crosby | 684 c1526-7 (Link to this contribution)
Where the desire is that faith schools should widen their access to children from poor families, eth...
Lord Adonis | 684 c1527-8 (Link to this contribution)
I should first like to speak to government Amendments Nos. 214 and 264. These bring Section 6 of the...
Baroness Scott of Needham Market | 684 c1528 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to the Minister for reiterating that the guidance emphasises the need for the new plan...
Lord Adonis | 684 c1523 (Link to this contribution)
I do not have an immediate response, but I shall write to the noble Baroness and let her know.
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 684 c1523-4 (Link to this contribution)
With that, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
[Amendment No. 2...
Baroness Scott of Needham Market | 684 c1524-5 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 209A:
Page 53, line 21, after ““England”” insert ““, jointly with the relevant...
Baroness Buscombe | 684 c1525-6 (Link to this contribution)
I shall speak to Amendments Nos. 211 and 211A in this group.
Transport is the bedrock of real choic...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 684 c1523 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Minister for that reply and I do indeed understand the practical issues, but I feel that...
Lord Adonis | 684 c1521-3 (Link to this contribution)
On the modular approach to some subjects, including languages, which the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, men...
Lord Dearing | 684 c1521 (Link to this contribution)
The amendments in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Sharp, reflect her concern that at 14 you cho...
Lord Adonis | 684 c1515 (Link to this contribution)
I was not aware of those concerns; indeed, I thought that the IGCSE community was pleased that we ar...
Baroness Buscombe | 684 c1515-7 (Link to this contribution)
I want to be brief, but I thank all noble Lords who have supported my amendments and the other amend...
Lord Adonis | 684 c1512-5 (Link to this contribution)
In her very impressive speech, the noble Baroness, Lady Buscombe, raised a wide range of issues, and...
Lord Lucas | 684 c1515 (Link to this contribution)
Clearly I will have an opportunity to quiz the Minister in October about what was said to him in Jul...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 684 c1521 (Link to this contribution)
In view of the lateness of the hour, I will say merely that I strongly support the amendment tabled ...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 684 c1517-8 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 199A:
Page 49, line 31, at end insert-
““(1A) A pupil who chooses to follow a ...
Baroness Thornton | 684 c1519-20 (Link to this contribution)
I speak to AmendmentsNos. 206 and 207 which stand in my name. I have been encouraged to bring the is...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 684 c1510-1 (Link to this contribution)
I apologise; I have no amendment in this group but my name has been mentioned, and I have put my nam...
Baroness Buscombe | 684 c1488 (Link to this contribution)
I shall speak to Amendments Nos. 186, 187, 188 and 189 in this group, which are probing amendments d...
Baroness Williams of Crosby | 684 c1479 (Link to this contribution)
I very much agree with the noble Baroness, Lady Buscombe. I still go to quite a few schools and one ...
Lord Dearing | 684 c1460-1 (Link to this contribution)
I wish to speak to my Amendment No. 179, which follows on from the noble Baroness’s amendments. My a...
Lord Lucas | 684 c1520-1 (Link to this contribution)
I entirely support what the noble Baroness has just said. It is terribly important to allow these pe...
Baroness Scott of Needham Market | 684 c1481-2 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 184C:
Page 40, line 26, at end insert-
““(d) an Academy,
(e) a city technology...
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