Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill

Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bills on Monday, 19 October 2009, in the House of Lords.

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill. Lords Committee stage ninth day. Clauses 126 to 262 agreed to, with clauses 200, 235, 237, 254 and 261 agreed to as amended. New clauses (Amendments 261, 263, 279, 306, 311 and 315) debated and withdrawn. Schedules 10 to 16 agreed to, with schedule 12 agreed to as amended. Bill reported as amended.

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

713 c441-9, 456-507, 519-56

Session

2008-09

Department

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

Legislative stage

Committee stage

Procedure

New clauses

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
Bills
House of Lords

Deposited Paper DEP2009-2673
Monday, 19 October 2009
Deposited papers
House of Lords

Proceeding contributions

Baroness Walmsley | 713 c551 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, is substantially keeping his powder dry until the next stag...

Lord Lucas | 713 c551 (Link to this contribution) This was put down as a placeholder in case we got to the point where anything crept in from the Gove...

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Lord Lucas | 713 c551 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 311 311: Before Clause 243, insert the following new Clause— "Support for home education ...

Baroness Walmsley | 713 c550 (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Baroness for that. I am somewhat reassured by what she said about training. It is ...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c550 (Link to this contribution) I hope that I will be able to give the noble Baroness some positive news on when she will be able to...

Baroness Walmsley | 713 c549 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have contributed to the group and I thank the Ministe...

Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 713 c553 (Link to this contribution) Clause 248: Further education corporations in England: co-operation and promotion of well-being Ame...

Lord Lucas | 713 c553 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness for her considered reply, which I shall read tomorrow ...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c552-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sure that the noble Baroness, Lady Verma, is absolutely right—it would be very helpfu...

Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 713 c555 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 315 315: After Clause 248, insert the following new Clause— "Teacher training to meet div...

Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 713 c554 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his reply. We are both in accord on this and I beg leave to withdraw the am...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c555 (Link to this contribution) I am happy to continue our discussions in the hope that they will be fruitful.

Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 713 c553-4 (Link to this contribution) I tabled this amendment at the behest of the 157 Group of the larger colleges to emphasise its welco...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 713 c554 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 314 proposes to add "community cohesion" to the objective of promoting the economic and so...

Lord Lucas | 713 c554 (Link to this contribution) "Cohesion" is a good word. I shall try to stick it into Clause 169 instead of "coherence".

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c556 (Link to this contribution) Amendments 321 and 322 321: Clause 254, page 157, line 13, leave out "37 or" 322: Clause 254, pag...

Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 713 c555-6 (Link to this contribution) With that reassurance, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment 315 withdrawn. Amendment 3...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c556 (Link to this contribution) Clause 261: Commencement Amendment 323 323: Clause 261, page 159, line 37, leave out "50" and inse...

Lord Elton | 713 c485 (Link to this contribution) This clause amends Section 10 of the Children Act 2004. I would like to leave a thought in the Minis...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c485 (Link to this contribution) As ever, I am very happy to think carefully about the contribution of the noble Lord. Clause 186 ag...

Baroness Walmsley | 713 c484-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am most grateful to the Minister for her reply to all the issues covered by this group o...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c486-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I hope that I can respond to the noble Baroness in 338 words, while in no way diminishing ...

Baroness Walmsley | 713 c485 (Link to this contribution) Clause 188: Targets for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children Amendment 278A 278A: Cl...

Baroness Walmsley | 713 c485-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I rise to move Amendment 278A, and I can be brief. Clause 188 inserts a new Section 9A int...

Baroness Walmsley | 713 c487 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 279 279: After Clause 190, insert the following new Clause— "Arrangements for seeing chil...

Baroness Walmsley | 713 c487-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am afraid that I cannot guarantee to be quite so brief this time. This amendment requir...

Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 713 c489-90 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I very much support this amendment. As has been powerfully put over to us by the noble Bar...

Lord Elton | 713 c490 (Link to this contribution) This is of very great importance, which is sufficient to justify the elevation of this provision fro...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c490-2 (Link to this contribution) I am delighted to respond to this important discussion. The noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley, has ident...

Lord Elton | 713 c492 (Link to this contribution) While the noble Baroness is considering whether to do so, might I say to the Minister that I for one...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c492 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, one of the most important steps in the revision of the "Working Together" guidance, which ...

Baroness Walmsley | 713 c492-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I can say to the noble Lord, Lord Elton, that the voluntary agencies are right behind us i...

Baroness Garden of Frognal | 713 c493 (Link to this contribution) Clause 191: Arrangements for children's centres Amendment 280 280: Clause 191, page 110, line 40, ...

Baroness Garden of Frognal | 713 c493-4 (Link to this contribution) I shall speak also to Amendment 281. I thank the Minister for the detailed draft indicative regulati...

Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 713 c494 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support these amendments. My name is attached to one amendment but I am equally enthusia...

Lord Elton | 713 c495 (Link to this contribution) I hope that the noble Baroness will be able to tell us a little more about these institutions. I ass...

Lord Elton | 713 c497 (Link to this contribution) My worry is not information sharing but physical contact—the ability to pick up a child who has graz...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c497-8 (Link to this contribution) With regard to the specifics that we are talking about, in children’s centres, I support the noble L...

Lord Elton | 713 c497 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Minister said that every person working in a child centre should be up to strength on ...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c497 (Link to this contribution) The point that the noble Lord touches on is a challenging one. It is important for all people who wo...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 713 c496 (Link to this contribution) It just feels like it.

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c496-7 (Link to this contribution) With regard to the department’s guidance on children’s centre governance— an important issue, as the...

Baroness Garden of Frognal | 713 c495 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I think that I did speak to Amendment 281, which is about the SSCCs having a lead for safe...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c495-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Elton, gave a good account of how valuable the contribution of a chil...

Baroness Garden of Frognal | 713 c498 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for her reply and welcome her reassurances on the greater integration of the se...

Lord De Mauley | 713 c495 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have listened carefully to the explanation given by the noble Baroness, Lady Garden, of ...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c502 (Link to this contribution) I am not sure that I can. However, only a few weeks ago we saw the 3,000th children’s centre opening...

Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 713 c502-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am most grateful to the noble Baroness for the assurance that she will write to me. The ...

Baroness Walmsley | 713 c503 (Link to this contribution) Clause 195: Free of charge early years provision: budgetary framework: England Amendment 281A 281A...

Baroness Walmsley | 713 c503 (Link to this contribution) Clause 195 sets out the budgetary framework for the provision of early years education for young chi...

Lord De Mauley | 713 c501 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Howe, and the noble Baroness, Lady Sharp, have raised some very i...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c501-2 (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Howe, for a very full and interesting account of the questions arou...

Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 713 c502 (Link to this contribution) Before I make my final comments, can the Minister address the question that I asked about the childr...

Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 713 c498-501 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister and the Bill team for the helpful discussions that one had towards th...

Lord De Mauley | 713 c539-40 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Baronesses, Lady Walmsley and Lady Howe, for their contributions. They m...

Lord Hunt of Wirral | 713 c540 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 298 298: Clause 235, page 141, leave out line 8

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c540 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 294A 294A: Clause 235, page 140, line 14, at end insert— "(f) an article of a kind specif...

Lord Geddes | 713 c541 (Link to this contribution) Before putting Amendment 298, I must advise the Committee that if it is agreed to, I will not be abl...

Lord Hunt of Wirral | 713 c540-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have tabled Amendments 298 and 299 because, as we said in the previous debate, we firml...

Lord Hunt of Wirral | 713 c542 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for her positive and constructive response. She is moving a ...

Lord Morgan | 713 c542 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 298A 298A: Clause 235, page 141, line 8, leave out "and" Amendment 298A agreed. Amendme...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c542 (Link to this contribution) Amendments 299A and 299B 299A: Clause 235, page 141, line 10, leave out "of the same sex as P" and ...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c542 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 302BA 302BA: Clause 235, page 142, line 4, at end insert— "(6A) Regulations may prescribe...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c543-4 (Link to this contribution) Amendments 304A to 304D 304A: Clause 237, page 145, line 17, at end insert— "(6A) Regulations may p...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c543 (Link to this contribution) Amendments 303B to 303D 303B: Clause 237, page 144, line 20, leave out "and" 303C: Clause 237, pa...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c543 (Link to this contribution) Clause 237: Power of members of staff to search students for prohibited items: England Amendment 30...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c542-3 (Link to this contribution) Amendments 302D to 302F 302D: Clause 235, page 142, line 12, at end insert "and regulations made un...

Lord Lucas | 713 c547 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, listening to this debate on the use of force against pupils, part of me has been here and ...

Lord Hunt of Wirral | 713 c546-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, our Amendments 307A, 307B and 307C are designed simply to probe the Government’s intention...

Baroness Walmsley | 713 c544 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 306 306: Before Clause 239, insert the following new Clause— "Powers of members of staff ...

Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 713 c547 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have enjoyed listening to this debate, because it raises some important and difficult is...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 713 c504 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we want to see a level playing field and to create a fairer system of distributing early y...

Baroness Walmsley | 713 c504 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his reassurances, and I am particularly reassured by what he said about the...

Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 713 c505 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I certainly support these amendments, and I very much hope that they will get a favourable...

Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 713 c505 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in moving Amendment 282 I shall also speak to Amendment 283. With these two amendments, we...

Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 713 c506 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for his response. We are not seeking to change the fact that it is in ...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 713 c505-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, our intention with Clause 197 is to ensure that all schools and LEAs are aware that we wil...

Lord Elton | 713 c507 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, briefly, the Minister will remember my declared interest in the mechanism by which the Wel...

Lord Elton | 713 c507 (Link to this contribution) If I hear nothing further, I will assume that the Welsh Assembly Government were satisfied. If they ...

Baroness Verma | 713 c521-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we are broadly in favour of these clauses and the role which they give the local commissio...

Lord Elton | 713 c522-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I endorse what my noble friend has said, particularly about the right of appeal to return ...

Baroness Walmsley | 713 c519 (Link to this contribution) Clause 199: Complaints to which this Chapter applies Amendment 283A had been withdrawn from the Mar...

Baroness Walmsley | 713 c519-21 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendments 286, 288, 288AA, 289 and 290. This group of amendments re...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c524-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have that information and I shall furnish the noble Lord with it. I cannot do so at the...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c523 (Link to this contribution) I am interested in the noble Lord’s question because I asked it myself. These complaints go to the S...

Lord Lucas | 713 c523 (Link to this contribution) I want to support for the most part my noble friend’s amendments. On Amendment 285, concerning the p...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c526 (Link to this contribution) As the noble Lord suggests, there is a strong body of evidence to support his remarks. Home-school a...

Lord Elton | 713 c525-6 (Link to this contribution) I have a small suggestion to make, if it is not disruptive to the flow of the argument, about enforc...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c526 (Link to this contribution) I hate to disappoint the noble Baroness, but I think that it was only a year ago.

Baroness Walmsley | 713 c526-7 (Link to this contribution) Oh, dear, it seems like three years ago. That is in legislation already, and it is very good practic...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c527 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 288ZA 288ZA: Clause 200, page 121, line 5, at end insert "; or (b) if satisfied that the ...

Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 713 c528 (Link to this contribution) Clause 218: Interim statements Amendment 291 291: Clause 218, page 131, line 21, at end insert— "(...

Baroness Walmsley | 713 c526 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to all those who have taken part in this short debate. I must say to the nob...

Lord De Mauley | 713 c530 (Link to this contribution) Clause 235: Power of members of staff to search pupils for prohibited items: England Amendment 293 ...

Baroness Verma | 713 c528 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, time and again, the theme of provision for those with special educational needs has been c...

Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 713 c528 (Link to this contribution) I shall speak also to Amendment 292. We are proposing these amendments on behalf of the Special Educ...

Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 713 c529-30 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister very much; that was a totally adequate and very satisfactory reply. I am extrem...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 713 c528-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as I am sure the noble Baroness will appreciate, some time has passed since this amendment...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c536-8 (Link to this contribution) The extension to the existing power to search for weapons to cover alcohol, illegal drugs and stolen...

Baroness Walmsley | 713 c539 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I listened very carefully to what the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, said about the idea that any...

Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 713 c534 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Government have already made a number of concessions. One of the main issues should be...

Lord Lucas | 713 c534-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to various noble Lords for addressing my amendments. It makes it much easier...

Lord De Mauley | 713 c530-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, there are a great many issues in this group of amendments, and I hope that we shall manage...

Baroness Walmsley | 713 c533-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendments 297ZA, 300, 301, 302 and 303ZA, in my name. The issue of sea...

Lord Lucas | 713 c539 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I think we all knew at school that the stuff that was confiscated from us was used, althou...

Baroness Walmsley | 713 c539 (Link to this contribution) Can we make it clear that, if drugs are found, they cannot be given back to the pupil but must eithe...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c539 (Link to this contribution) I am very happy to do as the noble Baroness suggests. While I am on my feet, I will try to be clear...

Lord Lucas | 713 c539 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support the noble Baroness on that. The phrase "dispose of" is careless, but there shoul...

Viscount Eccles | 713 c474 (Link to this contribution) I am amazed that anybody should think that any Secretary of State would go short of advice from the ...

Baroness Perry of Southwark | 713 c473-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is, of course, absolutely right that the Secretary of State should have advice from kno...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c474-5 (Link to this contribution) I think that the national curriculum is the chicken and the assessments and qualifications are the e...

Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 713 c474 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this matter becomes even more complicated as time goes on. Perhaps one should stick to the...

Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 713 c471-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in moving Amendment 269B I shall speak to the amendments grouped with it. The noble Barone...

Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 713 c471 (Link to this contribution) Schedule 11: The Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency Amendment 269B 269B: Schedule 11...

Baroness Verma | 713 c473 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have made our position on the QCDA clear, so I will keep my remarks brief. I express pa...

Lord Lucas | 713 c472-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have Amendment 271 in this group, which does not really seem to belong with anything tha...

Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 713 c475-6 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for her full response. On Amendment 272, I am also grateful for her as...

Lord De Mauley | 713 c477 (Link to this contribution) Clause 174: Curriculum Amendment 274A 274A: Clause 174, page 99, line 35, at end insert— "( ) The ...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c482-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is again an important and stimulating debate as we move on to talk about children's s...

Baroness Verma | 713 c481 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the main thrust of the clauses is to provide for the establishment of children's trust boa...

Lord Morris of Handsworth | 713 c480-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in addressing Amendment 278, I speak against the background of the recently published repo...

Baroness Walmsley | 713 c478-80 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendments 276B, 276BA, 277, 277A and 278. We now come to the childr...

Baroness Walmsley | 713 c478 (Link to this contribution) Clause 186: Arrangements to promote co-operation Amendment 276A 276A: Clause 186, page 104, line 6...

Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 713 c478 (Link to this contribution) Schedule 12: Ofqual and the QCDA: minor and consequential amendments Amendments 276ZA to 276ZD 276...

Lord De Mauley | 713 c477 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister. On that basis, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. ...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c477 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I can be equally economical with the Committee’s time. I agree that it is important when w...

Lord De Mauley | 713 c477 (Link to this contribution) Noble Lords will be pleased to hear that I can be very brief on this amendment. We tabled it to obta...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c461-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we are having a very interesting debate about the committee, which the noble Lord, Lord Lu...

Baroness Perry of Southwark | 713 c461 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I very much support Amendments 273A and 273B. At the moment, we have something of an exami...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c463 (Link to this contribution) I am receiving inspiration at the moment, which may help the noble Baroness. Just to clarify, the f...

Baroness Perry of Southwark | 713 c463 (Link to this contribution) Is the IB included in the calculations for the league tables for schools?

Baroness Walmsley | 713 c463 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for her comments. As I said earlier, it may be for the Secre...

Baroness Walmsley | 713 c463 (Link to this contribution) Why cannot the QCDA do that?

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c463 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we will come on to the role and functions of the QCDA. Quite different roles need to be fu...

Lord Lucas | 713 c463-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for her attention to my amendments. She illustrated rather n...

Baroness Verma | 713 c465-6 (Link to this contribution) It will come as no surprise to the Minister that the main focus of our objection to the QCDA is that...

Viscount Eccles | 713 c466-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it may be worth trying to assess the reality of the independence of the QCDA. It is to be ...

Baroness Walmsley | 713 c466 (Link to this contribution) I think it would depend on the Minister, and I rather suspect that the Opposition’s attitude to the ...

Lord Lucas | 713 c466 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have tabled an unconscionable number of clause stand part debates. It was an e-mailed re...

Lord Lucas | 713 c470-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I entirely support what my noble friend has just said. A fundamental problem with the Civi...

Viscount Eccles | 713 c470 (Link to this contribution) Clause 169 says: ""The QCDA’s objective is to promote quality and coherence in education and trainin...

Baroness Perry of Southwark | 713 c468 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, a little history might help us here. Before the 1988 Act brought in by the noble Lord, Lor...

Baroness Walmsley | 713 c471 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not really think that it is appropriate to go back to debating in this group somethin...

Baroness Walmsley | 713 c471 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we take the contrary view. We think that separation is extremely necessary.

Lord Elton | 713 c471 (Link to this contribution) Would one be entitled to ask what the rationale is behind that?

Lord Lucas | 713 c445 (Link to this contribution) I should be grateful for a brief illustration of how the Government expect Ofqual to use this clause...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c446 (Link to this contribution) I shall do my best to give the noble Lord some comfort and I will await inspiration, should that com...

Lord Lucas | 713 c446-7 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for that explanation. I am sorry if the noble Baroness did not know that this was comi...

Lord Lucas | 713 c447 (Link to this contribution) I have a couple of brief questions on this clause. First, how are guided learning hours to be police...

Lord Lucas | 713 c456 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 261 261: After Clause 150, insert the following new Clause— "Allocation of points Ofqual ...

Lord Lucas | 713 c449 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful for that explanation. Yes, I would like a letter. Certainly if it is an enti...

Lord Lucas | 713 c447-8 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister. A letter would be very helpful. Clause 139 agreed. Clause 140 : Criteria for...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c447 (Link to this contribution) I shall respond briefly to the noble Lord’s question about guided learning hours. I would expect sch...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c448-9 (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Lord for that question, which gives me an opportunity to put my remarks on the rec...

Lord Lucas | 713 c448 (Link to this contribution) I want to ask a question about the powers of the appeal tribunal that is to be set up under subsecti...

Lord Lucas | 713 c457-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, there is no such thing as perfection in this, but the Government certainly recognise in th...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c458-9 (Link to this contribution) I am delighted to respond to this short debate. I believe that we should consider this amendment fur...

Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 713 c457 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we on these Benches have some sympathy with the amendment, but we are worried that it woul...

Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 713 c457 (Link to this contribution) Although I have only just returned to the Chamber, I heard what was being said. Does the noble Lord,...

Lord Lucas | 713 c456-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, one of the crucial functions of the Government and their agencies in respect of examinatio...

Baroness Verma | 713 c460-1 (Link to this contribution) Before we get into deep discussion about the QCDA, it seems fitting to begin with a debate about the...

Baroness Walmsley | 713 c459-60 (Link to this contribution) I shall speak to Amendment 274, which is grouped with this amendment. We take the opposite view. In ...

Lord Lucas | 713 c459 (Link to this contribution) I do not expect the Government to accept this amendment as I do not think it has a place in the Bill...

Lord Lucas | 713 c459 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 263 263: After Clause 150, insert the following new Clause— "Joint Advisory Committee for...

Lord Lucas | 713 c459 (Link to this contribution) I am immensely grateful for that reply and I look forward to Report, as I was anyway. I beg leave to...

Lord Lucas | 713 c442-3 (Link to this contribution) I have tabled Amendment 262 in this group, which asks that: ""Ofqual shall publish on the internet a...

Baroness Walmsley | 713 c442 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendments 265 to 269, which are grouped with Amendment 244. The Bi...

Baroness Walmsley | 713 c441 (Link to this contribution) Clause 126: General duties Amendment 244 244: Clause 126, page 77, line 35, at end insert "and est...

Baroness Walmsley | 713 c444-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am most grateful to the Minister for her reply. She is right that I do not really expect...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c443-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am delighted to respond to this short debate. I was interested to hear what the noble Ba...

Baroness Verma | 713 c443 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall be brief. We support the amendment and would like to see Ofqual fulfil its functio...

Baroness Verma | 713 c552 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, on 2 April this year in another place, my honourable friend Michael Gove asked the then Mi...

Lord Elton | 713 c523 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps the noble Baroness can seek inspiration as to the proportion of appeals made against exclusi...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c463 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, JACQA’s role is to bring together cross-sectoral advice in a transparent and systematic wa...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c547-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall do my best to respond to all the important points that noble Lords have raised. I ...

Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 713 c504 (Link to this contribution) Clause 197: Power to require LEAs in England to obtain advisory services Amendment 282 282: Clause...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 713 c507 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am desperately seeking inspiration from my left. There has been consultation with the We...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c468-70 (Link to this contribution) Again, my Lords, this has been a fascinating debate. The noble Viscount, Lord Eccles, took us on a h...

Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 713 c555 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 315 is about training teachers for vocational subjects. There is a problem in that those w...

Baroness Walmsley | 713 c487 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for her reply. Certainly the opinion of the Delegated Powers and Regu...

Lord De Mauley | 713 c489 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley, makes her point very strongly. The evidence clearly sug...

Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 713 c501 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my name and that of my noble friend Lady Walmsley are attached to Amendments 280A and 280B...

Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 713 c498 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 280ZA 280ZA: Clause 191, page 111, leave out lines 16 to 22 and insert— "(1) English loca...

Baroness Walmsley | 713 c544-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendments 307, 307ZA, 307BA, 307BB and 307D. We move now to the is...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 713 c541-2 (Link to this contribution) I do not think that I have ever risen to speak at the point of changeover of chairmen before, and I ...

Lord Morris of Manchester | 713 c484 (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley, for her support for Amendment 278. I thank the Minister f...

Subjects

Complaints

Children

Assessments

Accountability

Curriculum

Discipline

Children's rights

Advisory services

Commissions for local administration

Community relations

Housing