Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill

Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bills on Thursday, 15 October 2009, in the House of Lords.

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill. Lords Committee stage eighth day. Clauses 88 to 125 agreed to, with clauses 89 and 90 agreed to as amended. Schedules 6 to 9 agreed to. Clause 126 under consideration.

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Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

713 c327-55, 363-430

Session

2008-09

Department

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Department for Children, Schools and Families

Legislative stage

Committee stage

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill. Brought from the Commons. Explanatory Notes HL Bill 42-EN also published.
Wednesday, 6 May 2009
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House of Lords

Proceeding contributions

Lord Layard | 713 c341 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for his reply, and particularly for his acknowledgment that we are fac...

Lord Layard | 713 c341 (Link to this contribution) I am speaking to Amendment 202, which is in the grouping and is the same amendment that I spoke to e...

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Lord Elton | 713 c341 (Link to this contribution) I just wonder whether the noble Lord is still speaking to the amendment that has just fallen in the ...

Lord Layard | 713 c342 (Link to this contribution) I see, thank you. Sorry.

Lord Elton | 713 c342 (Link to this contribution) We have not got there yet; we have only got to Amendment 200. Amendment 202 should not be spoken to ...

Lord Layard | 713 c342 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 200 200: Clause 89, page 59, line 29, leave out "scheme" and insert "entitlement"

Lord Layard | 713 c342 (Link to this contribution) As I have just said, one of the most important achievements of this Parliament is the introduction o...

Baroness Garden of Frognal | 713 c342 (Link to this contribution) We are not totally unappreciative of what the Minister has said about the increase in apprenticeship...

Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 713 c342-3 (Link to this contribution) I certainly support the amendment, which brings us back to the matter of entitlement. That is what e...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 713 c343 (Link to this contribution) I agree that the public presentation of the Government’s commitment to expand apprenticeship opportu...

Lord Layard | 713 c336-7 (Link to this contribution) The proposal set out in these clauses to introduce the entitlement to an apprenticeship for every yo...

Lord Rix | 713 c336 (Link to this contribution) I rise to speak to Amendment 201. Due to consultations that took place during the Recess, I believe ...

Viscount Eccles | 713 c335-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is a probing amendment. As it stands, the clause lays a duty on the chief executive, ...

Viscount Eccles | 713 c335 (Link to this contribution) Clause 89: Duty to secure availability of apprenticeship places Amendment 199 199: Clause 89, page...

Lord De Mauley | 713 c338 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, to emphasise the concerns that noble Lords have expressed, in his 2003 Budget Gordon Brown...

Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 713 c337 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support, particularly, Amendment 202 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Layard, because...

Baroness Walmsley | 713 c337 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we on these Benches support the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Layard. I think he put "...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 713 c338-40 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I understand the desire of the noble Viscount, Lord Eccles, to increase the number of appr...

Viscount Eccles | 713 c341 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I confess that I am somewhat surprised to hear that my rather modest amendment, changing t...

Lord Layard | 713 c346-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the entitlement that is currently proposed is really quite limited. For somebody without l...

Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 713 c347 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I would like just to say, also in the interests of brevity, that I thoroughly support the ...

Baroness Garden of Frognal | 713 c347 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in the interests of brevity I will say simply that, for all the reasons that the noble Lor...

Lord Addington | 713 c345-6 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his comments and for the meetings, but will he also ensure as he goes throu...

Lord Rix | 713 c346 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister and the Bill team for their co-operation in this matter. I am most gr...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 713 c346 (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Lord, Lord Addington, for his comment. We will probably have to agree to disagree ...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 713 c347-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I agree with my noble friend Lord Layard that progression from a level 2 to a level 3 appr...

Lord Layard | 713 c348 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am most grateful to the Minister for his reply. It is important to put this in some pers...

Lord Lucas | 713 c348 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I would just like to ask: why the Secretary of State and not Ofqual?

Lord Rix | 713 c344 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 204 204: Clause 90, page 60, line 13, at end insert "or is aged under 25 and has a learni...

Lord Layard | 713 c344 (Link to this contribution) Clause 90: Election for apprenticeship scheme Amendment 203 203: Clause 90, page 60, line 10, leav...

Lord Layard | 713 c344 (Link to this contribution) When I spoke out of order, I wanted to say that I am not happy with what the Minister said on this. ...

Lord Layard | 713 c344 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 202 202: Clause 89, page 60, line 4, at end insert— "( ) The Chief Executive shall arrang...

Lord Layard | 713 c343 (Link to this contribution) I am not adequately versed in the procedure. Of course I am delighted with what the Minister has sai...

Lord Elton | 713 c343 (Link to this contribution) I imagine that the noble Lord wishes to express his gratitude.

Lord Rix | 713 c344-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in moving Amendment 204, I also speak to Amendments 205, 209 and 210. As I have reported, ...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 713 c345 (Link to this contribution) With the indulgence of the Committee, I was hoping to save a bit of time. I am pleased that, with th...

Lord Rix | 713 c344 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, unfortunately the noble Viscount, Lord Eccles, is not in his place, but I assure him that ...

Lord Addington | 713 c349 (Link to this contribution) With this amendment we go slightly away from the main thrust of most of the discussion. The Bill is ...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 713 c349-50 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I know that this is an issue in which the noble Lord has taken considerable interest in th...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c348-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I can offer some clarification here. Clause 94 mirrors the interpretation of qualification...

Lord Addington | 713 c349 (Link to this contribution) Clause 98: Provision of financial resources Amendment 211 211: Clause 98, page 64, line 27, at end...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 713 c351-2 (Link to this contribution) I hope that I can amplify as requested. I know I hardly need make the point that prisoners are among...

Lord Lucas | 713 c352 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I take this opportunity to come back to the question that we debated yesterday on the mean...

Lord Addington | 713 c350-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for that reply, which was slightly more helpful than I had expected, ...

Lord Lucas | 713 c351 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare an interest, as I did yesterday, in that I am married to a lady who runs a priso...

Baroness Verma | 713 c352 (Link to this contribution) Clause 119: Sharing of information for education and training purposes Amendment 215 215: Clause 1...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 713 c352 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the key is whether the direction would affect funding to a particular college. If it would...

Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 713 c334-5 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for attempting to clarify these issues, but I am still increasingly sc...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 713 c334 (Link to this contribution) With respect to the noble Lord, Lord Elton, again there is the impression that this will somehow be ...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 713 c334 (Link to this contribution) I want to be helpful before the noble Baroness sits down. First, on accountability and monitoring, I...

Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 713 c333 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for responding to this amendment. In relation to paragraph (a) in Amen...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 713 c333 (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord is right that that is what I said. I shall repeat it to be absolutely clear. The regi...

Lord Elton | 713 c333 (Link to this contribution) When the Minister originally described the role of the RDA to my noble friend, I thought I heard him...

Lord Elton | 713 c332 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before the Minister leaves that point—

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 713 c332-3 (Link to this contribution) I was not actually leaving that point. I am sorry, I did not mean to be discourteous, but I had not ...

Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 713 c331 (Link to this contribution) Does Clause 84 also do that? Reading it logically, if you have the "and" instead of the "or", it app...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 713 c330-1 (Link to this contribution) In our view the proposals in the Bill will enhance the role of local authorities in identifying and ...

Lord De Mauley | 713 c332 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister, but, despite his fond hope, I am not much reassured. He see...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 713 c331-2 (Link to this contribution) I must check carefully before I respond. I am looking to my team to ensure that Clauses 84 and 88 ap...

Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 713 c327 (Link to this contribution) Clause 88: Encouragement of education and training for persons aged 19 or over and others subject to...

Lord De Mauley | 713 c330 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we returned after a two and a half month Summer Recess to find that a change of government...

Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 713 c327-30 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendments 213A and 213B. They are separate, as was the case on more...

Baroness Walmsley | 713 c389-90 (Link to this contribution) I shall speak also to Amendments 232A, 237 and 254. Before I do so, I shall comment on what has just...

Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve | 713 c391 (Link to this contribution) I have added my name to this amendment. Although in general I believe that it is otiose to require i...

Baroness Perry of Southwark | 713 c390-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Amendment 227 is also in my name, and I shall also speak to Amendment 229, which again is ...

Lord Lucas | 713 c395 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it was very pleasant indeed to hear from the noble Baroness’s lips the echo of what I had ...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c395 (Link to this contribution) I can give a commitment from the Dispatch Box that such directions will always be made public.

Viscount Eccles | 713 c395 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for her explanation, as well as to my noble friend and the noble Lord,...

Viscount Eccles | 713 c391-2 (Link to this contribution) Buried in Clause 126(6) are the words: ""In performing its functions Ofqual must also have regard to...

Baroness Verma | 713 c392 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, our amendment is simple and neatly complements that of Amendment 227, moved by the noble B...

Lord Sutherland of Houndwood | 713 c392-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am happy to support "must" over "may" for the eloquent reasons given. It is important th...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c393-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I start on a happy note: we will all want to congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Perry, ...

Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 713 c396 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 228 228: Clause 125, page 76, line 9, at end insert— "( ) the equality objective"

Baroness Walmsley | 713 c396 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am most grateful to the Minister for her reply and for the comments of all other noble L...

Baroness Perry of Southwark | 713 c395-6 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for her kind remarks and her reassurance on the interests of employers. I am to...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c395 (Link to this contribution) I am happy to do as the noble Viscount suggests.

Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 713 c398 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I would certainly like to support the amendment. Whether you object to the Equality Bill o...

Baroness Verma | 713 c398 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we recognise the need to make sure that regulated qualifications are accessible to people ...

Lord Addington | 713 c398 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am afraid that this is an amendment where I am inspired to become involved by my noble c...

Baroness Garden of Frognal | 713 c398 (Link to this contribution) I put my name to the amendment, but my noble friend Lady Sharp regularly supports the amendments on ...

Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 713 c396-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in moving the amendment I also speak to Amendments 235 and 270. I am speaking on behalf of...

Lord Elton | 713 c398 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I would just like to interpose two points. First, I want it to be quite clear that the equ...

Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 713 c372 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this probing amendment has produced quite a lot of thought and activity, and I thank all n...

Baroness Walmsley | 713 c372 (Link to this contribution) Schedule 9: The Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation Amendment 219 219: Schedule 9...

Baroness Walmsley | 713 c372-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendments 220, 221, 222, 223 and 224A. We now come to consider Ofqu...

Baroness Verma | 713 c374-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, noble Lords will be aware that we have long called for a regulatory body. We welcome the G...

Lord Sutherland of Houndwood | 713 c375-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am pleased to welcome this section of the Bill. I agree with those who have spoken so fa...

Lord Ramsbotham | 713 c376 (Link to this contribution) I listened with great interest to my noble friend Lord Sutherland, with his expertise in this subjec...

Baroness Verma | 713 c376 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, perhaps I may respond to the noble Lord, Lord Sutherland, who was concerned that my amendm...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c376-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am delighted that we are now moving on to debating the establishment of Ofqual. I would ...

Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve | 713 c378 (Link to this contribution) Before the Minster moves on, will the public appointments process she describes be one in which two ...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c378-9 (Link to this contribution) I am happy to clarify that for the noble Baroness. I cannot do so right this minute, but I will ensu...

Lord Lucas | 713 c380 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 225 225: Schedule 9, page 205, line 35, at end insert— "( ) Ofqual may require the Higher...

Baroness Walmsley | 713 c379-80 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for her words and to other noble Lords who have taken part in this deb...

Baroness Garden of Frognal | 713 c384-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 260, which stands in my name and that of my noble friend Lady Wa...

Lord Sutherland of Houndwood | 713 c385-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I happily support Amendment 225. In fact, I think that Ofqual simply could not do its job ...

Lord Lucas | 713 c380-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the purpose behind this amendment is to make sure that Ofqual, which is an organisation th...

Baroness Verma | 713 c382-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in following my noble friend Lord Lucas, I apologise at the outset for the length of notes...

Lord Lucas | 713 c388-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, on my amendment, I am grateful, completely satisfied and thank the Minister and her team v...

Baroness Walmsley | 713 c389 (Link to this contribution) Clause 125: Objectives Amendment 226 had been withdrawn from the Marshalled List. Amendment 227 2...

Lord Elton | 713 c386 (Link to this contribution) It may be worth mentioning in passing that the volume of knowledge in most subjects is constantly in...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c386-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am not sure whether it is wise for me to say this but when I did my science degree at un...

Lord Lucas | 713 c369 (Link to this contribution) I have a couple of points to make about what the Minister has just said. She talked about a detailed...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c368-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I want to make it very clear that the intention here is very much to be in step with the a...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c369 (Link to this contribution) I would be very happy to say at the Dispatch Box that I would not expect there to be anything other ...

Lord De Mauley | 713 c366-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it will come as no surprise to the Minister that we share the concerns of the noble Barone...

Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall | 713 c366 (Link to this contribution) I should inform the Committee that, if this amendment is agreed to, I cannot call Amendment 218 by r...

Lord Lucas | 713 c367-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my main quarrel is with the wording of new Section 56E(2), which is the test that must be ...

Lord Campbell of Alloway | 713 c367 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, having heard what has been said, I support my noble friend on the Front Bench. Education i...

Lord De Mauley | 713 c365 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Garden, for her contribution. Noble Lords will be unsurpr...

Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 713 c365-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, paragraph 8 of Schedule 8 is five pages long so, if it were removed, it might reduce the B...

Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 713 c365 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 217 217: Schedule 8, page 195, line 19, leave out paragraph 8

Lord Lucas | 713 c371-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that is exactly the point. I am not seeking to destroy this provision but, having listened...

Lord Elton | 713 c371 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am doing what my noble friend has suggested, and I am not pouring cold water on anything...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c371 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I can put this into perspective. First, sixth-form colleges are happy with these proposals, ...

Lord Lucas | 713 c371 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I entirely understand the Minister. These powers were appropriate when they were given to a bod...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c370 (Link to this contribution) What I have perhaps not made clear is that we are taking the experience of intervention gathered by ...

Lord Lucas | 713 c370 (Link to this contribution) Yes, my Lords, but in the end we see the words "have regard to" at the end of the section. In other ...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c370 (Link to this contribution) New Section 56G states: ""Intervention policy: sixth form colleges""(1) The YPLA must—""(a) prepare ...

Lord Lucas | 713 c370 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am confused because the noble Baroness said that local authorities would have to follow ...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c369 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is in new Section 56G, and I have a copy of it here. It is the Learning and Skills Coun...

Lord Lucas | 713 c369 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I entirely agree that that is how it should be; I just do not see it in the Bill. The othe...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c364-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I start my brief remarks by saying that we would like to consider Amendment 218 and to acc...

Baroness Garden of Frognal | 713 c364 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have some reservations about Amendment 216. We recognise that a sixth-form corporation,...

Lord De Mauley | 713 c363-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Amendments 216 and 218 are derived from concerns raised by the Association of Colleges in ...

Baroness Garden of Frognal | 713 c353 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we support the amendment. The clause refers to a great many people who share the data, and...

Baroness Verma | 713 c353 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this amendment would restrict the data-sharing powers introduced in the Bill in a manner t...

Baroness Verma | 713 c355 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their contributions. I have listened carefully to the Minister...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 713 c354 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, officials in the Information Commissioner’s Office have reviewed the department’s plans fo...

Lord Lucas | 713 c353-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I quite agree with what the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, said. I have not located the part...

Lord Ramsbotham | 713 c353 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am very glad that this amendment has come forward. I hope, yet again, that the position ...

Baroness Verma | 713 c415 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we agree with the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley, that it is important for Ofqual to consul...

Baroness Walmsley | 713 c413-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendments 245, 246, 247, 252, 253, 258 and 259. We have been asked ...

Baroness Walmsley | 713 c413 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 239 239: Clause 126, page 77, line 12, at end insert— "( ) information provided by recogn...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 713 c413 (Link to this contribution) As I have said, the intention is not to stifle innovation. If a genuinely new product was being offe...

Lord Lucas | 713 c413 (Link to this contribution) That is very helpful. I will craft my amendments on Report accordingly. I beg leave to withdraw the ...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 713 c413 (Link to this contribution) In my experience, it would usually be a number of providers.

Lord Lucas | 713 c413 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful for that answer. With regard to changing the nomenclature, I think that the ...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 713 c413 (Link to this contribution) Where the product is essentially the same, we are trying to avoid any duplication of titles that wou...

Lord Elton | 713 c413 (Link to this contribution) Let me just explain what I mean. It was not clear from the Minister’s example whether all these qual...

Lord Lucas | 713 c406-7 (Link to this contribution) That is an immensely sensible suggestion. I very much hope that our Front Bench will take this group...

Lord Elton | 713 c406 (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord and my noble friend have almost equal, and certainly opposite, passion about this. I ...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 713 c403-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we need qualifications that are delivered efficiently, so the fees relating to those quali...

Baroness Verma | 713 c402 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I take great pleasure in rising to support the amendments of my noble friend Lady Perry an...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 713 c407 (Link to this contribution) I feel that must respond to what I have come to recognise sometimes—only sometimes—as what I would d...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c399-400 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this has been a very helpful debate. It may have been short, but in no way does that indic...

Baroness Walmsley | 713 c400-1 (Link to this contribution) In moving Amendment 233, I shall speak also to Amendments 234, 251 and 251A, which are grouped. Ame...

Baroness Perry of Southwark | 713 c401-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 248, 259 and 250, which deal with fee capping. I am extremely ...

Baroness Walmsley | 713 c400 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 233 233: Clause 125, page 76, line 28, leave out subsection (6) and insert— "(6) The effi...

Baroness Garden of Frognal | 713 c410-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we support these amendments. The clause in its original form would unnecessarily and artif...

Lord De Mauley | 713 c410 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, while we agree that the number of regulated qualifications available is important, as is r...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 713 c411-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Leitch report on skills in 2006 recommended that we simplify the complex and confusing...

Viscount Eccles | 713 c411 (Link to this contribution) May I express a general worry? The noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, who is not in his place, reinforced ...

Baroness Perry of Southwark | 713 c407-8 (Link to this contribution) There is no parallel with Ofwat or Ofgem because they deal with individual households, which do not ...

Lord Lucas | 713 c408 (Link to this contribution) The Minister said that this will not affect small, innovative producers. If someone were to start, s...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 713 c408 (Link to this contribution) For the record, I mentioned Ofgem, not Ofwat. I merely gave an example. We are talking about the pri...

Baroness Walmsley | 713 c408-9 (Link to this contribution) This has been a fascinating debate. The Minister asked a few minutes ago, in a somewhat pained voice...

Lord Lucas | 713 c409 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 238 238: Clause 126, page 76, line 41, leave out paragraph (a)

Lord Lucas | 713 c409-10 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in moving Amendment 238 I shall also speak to Amendment 241. I had some very helpful corr...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 713 c415-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is another group of amendments that get right down to the detail of how Ofqual does i...

Baroness Walmsley | 713 c416-7 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his reply. I am now clearer about the arrangements for statements and revie...

Lord Lucas | 713 c417 (Link to this contribution) Before the noble Baroness withdraws her amendment, can I just pick up on that question of comparable...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 713 c417 (Link to this contribution) I am being advised that to go there could be a career-limiting move. I think that that is right, and...

Baroness Walmsley | 713 c417 (Link to this contribution) I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment 239 withdrawn.

Lord Lucas | 713 c417 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 240 240: Clause 126, page 77, line 15, leave out paragraph (h)

Lord Lucas | 713 c417 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the amendment essentially covers key stage examinations. I have had a helpful reply, as us...

Baroness Garden of Frognal | 713 c417-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have tabled Amendment 264 in this group. This amendment continues our general concern t...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c418-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will do my best here. I will speak also to some government amendments which are rather t...

Lord Lucas | 713 c419 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am very grateful for that amendment. The only point that the noble Baroness did not answ...

Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve | 713 c420-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I speak to Amendment 240A, tabled in my name and those of other noble Lords, together with...

Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve | 713 c420 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 240A 240A: Clause 126, page 77, line 15, at end insert— "( ) the need to ensure that ther...

Lord Bew | 713 c422-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support Amendment 240A and shall speak on Amendment 255A in my name. Like my noble frien...

Viscount Eccles | 713 c421-2 (Link to this contribution) After that masterly description of the issues raised by Clause 138, I hesitate to go into any detail...

Lord De Mauley | 713 c423-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, throughout these debates we have made our intentions with regard to Ofqual perfectly clear...

Lord Elton | 713 c423 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, on behalf of my noble friend Lady Perry, whose absence we all understand, I wish to speak ...

Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve | 713 c426 (Link to this contribution) The point of Amendment 240A is to achieve exactly what the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley, suggested....

Baroness Walmsley | 713 c424-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I very much agree with the arguments made by the noble Baroness, Lady O’Neill, and I suppo...

Lord De Mauley | 713 c427 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, when my noble friend Lady Verma spoke so compellingly on the group including Amendment 230...

Lord Lucas | 713 c426-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I start from the same position as the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley: the paramount require...

Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve | 713 c429-30 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for listening so very well. She has listened to a number of concerns ...

Baroness Thornton | 713 c427-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Viscount, Lord Eccles, had it right when he described the noble Baroness, Lady O...

Lord Lucas | 713 c427 (Link to this contribution) Yes, but I cannot construe a determination within the wording of Clause 138 that would have an effec...

Lord Layard | 713 c346 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 206 206: Clause 90, page 60, line 30, at end insert— "( ) A person who completes the Leve...

Lord Elton | 713 c334 (Link to this contribution) May I revert quickly to the question that I raised? I understand that there will be a considerable n...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 713 c332 (Link to this contribution) I do not think that we need any more legislative changes. We believe that the people required to dev...

Lord Elton | 713 c412 (Link to this contribution) How will the filtering out of the alphabet soup work? The Minister spoke as if a new regulator was c...

Lord Cotter | 713 c337-8 (Link to this contribution) I follow my noble friend in supporting what the noble Lord, Lord Layard, said a moment ago. My inter...

Lord De Mauley | 713 c363 (Link to this contribution) Schedule 8: Sixth form college sector Amendment 215A had been withdrawn from the Marshalled List. ...

Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 713 c400 (Link to this contribution) I am extremely grateful to the Minister for her reply and to all other noble Lords who participated ...

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