Academies Bill (HL). Lords report stage second day. Bill as amended, ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 13 2010-12).
Academies Bill [HL]
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
720 c213-61, 277-332
Session
2010-12
Legislative stage
Report stage
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Proceeding contributions
Lord Greaves | 720 c315 (Link to this contribution)
38: After Clause 7, insert the following new Clause—
"Local authority duties
(1) The Secretary of St...
Earl of Listowel | 720 c317-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I agree with the thrust of what the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, has said. He referred back—a...
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Lord Wallace of Saltaire | 720 c318 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the debate in Committee underlined the importance which many noble Lords attach to the rol...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c309 (Link to this contribution)
That was the point that I was seeking to make.
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c310 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I commend Amendment 30.
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c310 (Link to this contribution)
The amendment arose out of our debate about concerns relating to the potentially large number of con...
Lord Phillips of Sudbury | 720 c310 (Link to this contribution)
Perhaps I may ask the Minister for further clarification. Does he accept that his Amendment 30 does ...
Baroness Walmsley | 720 c310 (Link to this contribution)
My understanding, as the person who spoke to Amendment 31, is that my noble friend has said that he ...
Lord Whitty | 720 c310 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank noble Lords for this interesting debate. The Minister’s position appears to be tha...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 720 c311 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for his clarification and to the noble and learned Lord...
Lord Greaves | 720 c311 (Link to this contribution)
The amendment—
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c315 (Link to this contribution)
36: Clause 7, page 5, line 21, after "if" insert "— (a)"
37: Clause 7, page 5, line 21, at end ins...
Lord Adonis | 720 c307 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, my understanding of the rules of procedure is that if I do not speak now, I cannot speak a...
Lord Phillips of Sudbury | 720 c307 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful for the intervention but I am not sure that it does. I was merely repeating the parlan...
Lord Phillips of Sudbury | 720 c307 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is very encouraging to see my noble friend the Minister bring forward his Amendment 30,...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 720 c306 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I rise very briefly to speak to Amendments 26 and 29. I agree with many of the points that...
Lord Mackay of Clashfern | 720 c309 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, am I right in thinking that an order does not convert a school into an academy but enables...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c308-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, when we discussed consultation in Committee, I said that I would think further. In doing s...
Lord Adonis | 720 c307-8 (Link to this contribution)
In that case, I need to speak now. I wish to put to him the specific points raised by a number of no...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 720 c282 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, given the complete mess over the schools building programme, how long does the noble Lord ...
Lord Greaves | 720 c282-3 (Link to this contribution)
That question is a long way above my pay grade. The Secretary of State seems to have quite a lot of ...
Baroness Wilkins | 720 c283 (Link to this contribution)
21: Clause 2, page 2, line 35, at end insert–
"( ) In Schedule 1 to the School Finance (England) Reg...
Baroness Wilkins | 720 c283-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I speak to Amendment 21. In Committee, I spoke about my concerns that the Academies Bill w...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 720 c285-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I support the amendment in the name of my noble friend Lady Wilkins, as I did with regard ...
Baroness Grey-Thompson | 720 c286-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I support the amendments tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Wilkins. The noble Baroness, L...
Lord Low of Dalston | 720 c286 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I will speak briefly given the hour. Despite the reassurances received by the noble Barone...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 720 c287-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I join other noble Lords in supporting the noble Baroness, Lady Wilkins, in this amendment...
Earl of Listowel | 720 c287 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I rise briefly to support the amendment and apologise for not being present when the noble...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 720 c288-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, first, I thank the Minister for his letter to my noble friend, which has been extremely he...
Lord Greaves | 720 c278 (Link to this contribution)
17: Clause 1, page 2, line 16, at end insert—
"(9) Before entering into Academy arrangements with an...
Lord Greaves | 720 c278-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I move Amendment 17. In this group is Amendment 53 on a related issue, in the name of my n...
Lord Whitty | 720 c278 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am grateful for that clear assurance. I shall not even pursue the avoidance-of-doubt arg...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 720 c281 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I support this suggestion. There will be considerable power at the centre and a need for p...
Baroness Walmsley | 720 c280-1 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I, too, support the amendments in the names of my noble friends. I remind the House that w...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 720 c280 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, we see a bit of a dilemma. In order to give individual schools more authority over their a...
Baroness Williams of Crosby | 720 c279-80 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I shall speak briefly to Amendment 53, which is also part of this grouping. I agree with m...
Lord Greaves | 720 c282 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am grateful for what the Minister said about Amendment 53, which is half of what we are ...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c281-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the issue of accountability that we have just been debating is extremely important, as the...
Lord Knight of Weymouth | 720 c297 (Link to this contribution)
I am most grateful to the Minister for giving way and I shall be very brief. Will he ensure that the...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c297 (Link to this contribution)
We work closely with Partnerships for Schools. I know that the noble Lord has direct experience of t...
Baroness Garden of Frognal | 720 c297-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken on a variety of topics in this short debate. I als...
Baroness Massey of Darwen | 720 c298 (Link to this contribution)
23: Clause 3, page 3, line 5, at end insert—
"(4A) Before making an application under this section, ...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c295-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, Amendment 22 provides that an annual report should be made to Parliament on the quality of...
Lord Puttnam | 720 c297 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Minister for giving way. Perhaps I may make a general point which I suspect the noble Lo...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c297 (Link to this contribution)
I take the point that the noble Lord makes; I take also his point about aesthetics. He and the noble...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c299-300 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, we had a good debate in Committee on the importance of consultation, as a result of which ...
Baroness Massey of Darwen | 720 c298-9 (Link to this contribution)
In moving this amendment, I shall also speak to Amendment 33 and win the second prize for the shorte...
Lord Astor of Hever | 720 c292 (Link to this contribution)
I remind noble Lords that we are on Report and encourage them to keep their speeches as short as pos...
Baroness Garden of Frognal | 720 c289-90 (Link to this contribution)
22: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause—
"Monitoring provision in Academies for children...
Baroness Garden of Frognal | 720 c290-2 (Link to this contribution)
I move Amendment 22 and speak to Amendments 45 and 46, also in this group, which are in my name and ...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c289 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I will be fairly brief because in our earlier exchange I accepted the point made by the no...
Baroness Wilkins | 720 c289 (Link to this contribution)
First, I thank all noble Lords for their support for the amendment and for recognising and emphasisi...
Lord Greaves | 720 c295 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I shall be brief. As the noble Lord, Lord Howarth, and the noble Baroness, Lady Whitaker, ...
Earl of Listowel | 720 c295 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I wish to speak to Amendment 44A. Your Lordships may recall—and I hope that I recall it co...
Lord Howarth of Newport | 720 c293-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I should like to speak to Amendment 44A, and I thank my noble friend Lady Whitaker for onc...
Lord Low of Dalston | 720 c293 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I shall say a brief word about Amendment 52, which is tabled in my name, and I hope that I...
Lord Wallace of Saltaire | 720 c304 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the noble Lord is in the 15th minute of a speech on Report, which is a little long.
Lord Whitty | 720 c301-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, in moving Amendment 25, I shall also speak to Amendments 26A and 28 in my name and to Amen...
Lord Whitty | 720 c300-1 (Link to this contribution)
25: Clause 3, page 3, line 7, at end insert—
"( ) Before making an application for an Academy order,...
Baroness Massey of Darwen | 720 c300 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank the Minister for that response. I am somewhat encouraged. I think that we need mor...
Baroness Walmsley | 720 c305 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I will come to my Amendment 31 in just a moment. I strongly suspect that the Minister’s an...
Lord Adonis | 720 c304-5 (Link to this contribution)
The nonsense that I see in the amendments before us is subsection (3) in government Amendment 30, wh...
Baroness Walmsley | 720 c304 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, in his Amendment 25 the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, replicates probing amendments that were t...
Lord Whitty | 720 c304 (Link to this contribution)
I accept that it is a little long, although I did warn the House, but it is actually only the 12th m...
Baroness Thornton | 720 c305 (Link to this contribution)
Does the noble Baroness think that there should be a consultation before a school becomes an academy...
Baroness Walmsley | 720 c305 (Link to this contribution)
Indeed I do, which is why I have tabled my little tweaking amendment in the hope of persuading my no...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c239-40 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, we had a very good debate on this subject in Committee, a slightly longer debate than the ...
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 720 c238-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is with great pleasure that I rise to support my noble friends Lady Massey and Lady Gou...
Bishop of Lincoln | 720 c234-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am pleased to follow the noble Lord, Lord Knight, because, as he will recall, our board ...
Lord Knight of Weymouth | 720 c233-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I want to comment on this only briefly because much of what I wanted to say about the impo...
Baroness Perry of Southwark | 720 c232-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I follow my noble friend Lady Walmsley with great warmth. What she has said is very dear t...
Lord Lucas | 720 c237-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, when it comes to this amendment, I stand four-square beside my noble friend Lady Walmsley....
Lord Waddington | 720 c237 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is with considerable diffidence that I rise, because I have not spoken before on this B...
Baroness Howarth of Breckland | 720 c236 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I had not intended to speak today as I have not had the opportunity, for various reasons, ...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 720 c235-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, this has been a stimulating and diverse debate. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Massey, f...
Baroness Massey of Darwen | 720 c240-1 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I, too, intend to convince this Government of the case.
I know that much work has been do...
Baroness Walmsley | 720 c244 (Link to this contribution)
10: Clause 1, page 2, line 3, at end insert "and sections 40, 41, 42 and 43 of the Childcare Act 200...
Baroness Walmsley | 720 c244-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, Amendment 10 arises from our debate in Committee about the impact of the new legislation o...
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 720 c246 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I added my name to this amendment. From listening to the speech of the noble Baroness, Lad...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c240 (Link to this contribution)
Forgive me. I cannot be more specific than to say that we expect that the review will take place in ...
Baroness Massey of Darwen | 720 c240 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, this has been a fascinating and enlightening debate. I think that we are all actually on t...
Baroness Walmsley | 720 c240 (Link to this contribution)
If the noble Baroness will permit me, I say to her that I still think that, but I have to convince m...
Earl of Listowel | 720 c246 (Link to this contribution)
Briefly, I support this amendment. The Government recently expressed some horror at the number of pr...
Baroness Garden of Frognal | 720 c252 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I support Amendment 11 in the name of the Minister and also flag up that we have complemen...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 720 c252 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, will the Minister clarify the position of parents in relation to first-tier tribunals, SEN...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 720 c250-1 (Link to this contribution)
I, too, warmly thank the Minister for bringing his amendment. It certainly shows that he has listene...
Lord Lucas | 720 c251-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Low, echoed the point that I made on Amendment 8 about how we keep ac...
Lord Low of Dalston | 720 c248-50 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I wish to speak to Amendments 12 to 14 and to Amendment 39, all of which are in my name. I...
Baroness Wilkins | 720 c250 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I echo the thanks of the noble Lord, Lord Low, to the Minister for all his time and the co...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c247 (Link to this contribution)
11: Clause 1, page 2, line 9, at end insert—
"( ) Academy arrangements in relation to a school withi...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c247-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I shall seek to be brief with this amendment as I have already written to noble Lords abou...
Earl of Listowel | 720 c252 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I support what the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, said about health service reforms...
Baroness Walmsley | 720 c247 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Minister for his reply and the noble Baroness, Lady Morgan of Drefelin, for her support....
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 720 c254-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I return to an issue that I raised in Committee: ensuring that parents have proper represe...
Lord Wallace of Saltaire | 720 c255 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I remind the House that we are on Report and we need to be careful not to repeat in too mu...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 720 c255-6 (Link to this contribution)
I rise to speak to Amendment 17A in my name and those of my noble friends Lady Walmsley and Lady Gar...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 720 c256 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I rise with some trepidation in case the noble Lord, Lord Wallace, intervenes to say that ...
Lord Lucas | 720 c256 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, this question was asked in Committee but was not answered. Is there an obligation on acade...
Lord Puttnam | 720 c256-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, not for the first time I speak in support of my noble friend Lady Howe. I did not speak on...
Baroness Williams of Crosby | 720 c257 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I follow the noble Lord, Lord Puttnam, with one other thought. School governing bodies are...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 720 c253-4 (Link to this contribution)
15: Clause 1, page 2, line 16, at end insert—
"( ) At least 25% of the people on the governing body ...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c252-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I start by thanking various noble Lords for their support for the government amendment. In...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c260 (Link to this contribution)
There will certainly be election. I must apologise, but I am not currently 100 per cent sure whether...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 720 c260-1 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I very much thank the Minister for the consideration that he has given. Of course, I am ha...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c259-60 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I start by saying to the noble Baroness, Lady Howe, that I agree with her that—as everyone...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 720 c260 (Link to this contribution)
Do the Government intend to move from parent governors being appointed to there being elections for ...
Lord Wallace of Saltaire | 720 c277-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, we are happy to confirm, as I thought that we had in Committee, that the Government accept...
Lord Whitty | 720 c277 (Link to this contribution)
16: Clause 1, page 2, line 16, at end insert—
"( ) An Academy is a public authority for the purposes...
Lord Whitty | 720 c277 (Link to this contribution)
This amendment should be fairly straightforward. In a sense, I am on the same page as the noble Baro...
Lord Greaves | 720 c258-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I do not think that the amendments call for restrictions. They are the opposite; they say ...
Baroness Morgan of Huyton | 720 c258 (Link to this contribution)
I agree strongly with the noble Baroness, Lady Perry, because my experience is exactly the same. Gov...
Baroness Perry of Southwark | 720 c258 (Link to this contribution)
I, too, would like to pay very warm tribute to the importance of governing bodies. Exactly as the no...
Baroness Gould of Potternewton | 720 c229-31 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I again support an amendment to make PSHE statutory within the curriculum. I intend to be ...
Baroness Massey of Darwen | 720 c228-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the amendment, which is in my name and that of the noble Baronesses, Lady Gould and Lady F...
Baroness Massey of Darwen | 720 c228 (Link to this contribution)
9: Clause 1, page 2, line 3, at end insert "except that Personal, Social and Health Education shall ...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 720 c227 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his very full response. I certainly accept that there is...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c227 (Link to this contribution)
I hope that the noble Earl will forgive me. He made that point very clearly earlier and I am sorry n...
Earl of Listowel | 720 c227 (Link to this contribution)
Before the Minister sits down, I should say that I am very grateful to him for the pains that he is ...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c227 (Link to this contribution)
If I may, I shall need to write to my noble friend to make that specific point clear, and I shall ci...
Lord Lucas | 720 c227 (Link to this contribution)
Before my noble friend sits down, can he give me some comfort on clause 12(c) of the model funding a...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c224-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, these selection issues are important, and I know how important it is that I provide as muc...
Baroness Walmsley | 720 c231-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I heartily agree with the vast majority of what has just been said by the noble Baronesses...
Baroness Walmsley | 720 c217-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am most grateful to my noble friend for his reply and to the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, for ...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c217 (Link to this contribution)
I believe that I apologised yesterday to the noble Lord for the lack of notice and do so again. I th...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 720 c218-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, in moving Amendment 8, I shall speak also to Amendments 17B, 32A and 33A. I am grateful fo...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 720 c218 (Link to this contribution)
8: Clause 1, page 2, line 1, at end insert—
"( ) the school complies with the provisions of the Code...
Lord Lucas | 720 c220-1 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, in this group I have Amendment 10A, which follows on from the discussion in Committee abou...
Baroness Walmsley | 720 c220 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I have Amendments 32 and 32B in this very mixed group of amendments about selection, relig...
Earl of Listowel | 720 c222 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, Amendment 10C follows an amendment to the Bill that I tabled in Committee. It would put ad...
Bishop of Lincoln | 720 c221-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I imagine that your Lordships would expect me to intervene to speak in particular about th...
Lord Knight of Weymouth | 720 c223-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I support my noble friend Lady Royall. I state my very clear position that I am not in fav...
Lord Blackwell | 720 c224 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, briefly, I ask the Minister to consider Amendment 10A in the name of my noble friend Lord ...
Lord Whitty | 720 c215 (Link to this contribution)
I should point out by way of clarification, and to save the Minister a little time and effort, that ...
Earl of Listowel | 720 c215 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I have Amendments 10B and 44B in this group. They are intended to probe the Minister furth...
Baroness Walmsley | 720 c213-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendments 48 and 50 in my name. Amendment 6 asks for academies to c...
Baroness Walmsley | 720 c213 (Link to this contribution)
6: Clause 1, page 1, line 21, at end insert—
"( ) to comply with the law on pupil exclusions and beh...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 720 c215-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I associate myself with the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley, on Amendment 6. Academies are s...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c216 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, in essence, this group of amendments would put on the face of the legislation requirements...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c327 (Link to this contribution)
47: Schedule 2, page 17, line 21, at end insert—
"Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c. 36)
9A In Part...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c327-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, in Committee I said that I agreed with my noble friend Lord Lucas that academies should be...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 720 c328 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am sure that all noble Lords would thank the Minister for this. I wish to ask him a ques...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c328 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, that is a very fair and sensible point. At the moment, maintained schools would be helped ...
Lord Whitty | 720 c328-9 (Link to this contribution)
51: Schedule 2, page 18, line 32, at end insert—
"In section 237 (orders: supplementary) after subse...
Lord Wallace of Saltaire | 720 c330-1 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I hope that the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, will forgive me if at this late stage I do not re...
Lord Whitty | 720 c331 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am not surprised but am gratified that the Minister did not read out his entire brief. H...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c332 (Link to this contribution)
55: Clause 14, page 8, line 29, at end insert ", subject to subsection (2).
"(2) An amendment or rep...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c332 (Link to this contribution)
54: Clause 13, page 8, line 21, at end insert—
"(2A) Section 4(3) (when a maintained school is "conv...
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 720 c319 (Link to this contribution)
40: Clause 8, page 6, line 14, leave out "is a charity" and insert "may be deemed to be an exempt ch...
Lord Greaves | 720 c318-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, for his comments. He suggested that we m...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 720 c319 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, perhaps I can help the noble Lord. It is quite clear that if he does not press his amendme...
Lord Greaves | 720 c319 (Link to this contribution)
I shall perhaps go into the Public Bill Office waving my copy of Hansard and quoting the noble Lord ...
Lord Greaves | 720 c315-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, Amendment 38 stands on its own. A noble Lord seems to think that there is something funny ...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 720 c317 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is a remarkable testimony to the drawing powers of the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, on loc...
Lord Phillips of Sudbury | 720 c321-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 40A and 40B and build to some extent on what the noble Lord ha...
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 720 c319-21 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, this is a technical but important amendment that is causing some interest and concern in t...
Lord Phillips of Sudbury | 720 c326 (Link to this contribution)
I too will not pursue this matter tonight. I think that my noble friend the Minister is not right on...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c326-7 (Link to this contribution)
42: Schedule 1, page 14, line 15, at end insert—
"( ) This paragraph also applies if—
(a) publicly f...
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 720 c326 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his lengthy research and work and for the answers that h...
Lord Phillips of Sudbury | 720 c326 (Link to this contribution)
40A: Clause 8, page 6, line 16, at end insert "or is a charitable incorporated organisation"
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 720 c326 (Link to this contribution)
If the YPLA is the exempt regulator, does my noble friend expect it to have a public benefit test wh...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c326 (Link to this contribution)
We think that a state-funded school which becomes an academy would be deemed to have passed the publ...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c324-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, as usual this has been an interesting debate. My noble friend Lord Hodgson has set out imp...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 720 c311 (Link to this contribution)
26: After Clause 3, insert the following new Clause—
"Consultation before Academy order
Before enter...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c313 (Link to this contribution)
30: After Clause 4, insert the following new Clause—
"Consultation on conversion
(1) Before a mainta...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 720 c311 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to the noble Baroness. Essentially the government amendment is too weak. I beg to move...
Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 720 c311 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, procedure on Report does not permit such matters. Only questions for elucidation are permi...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c314 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I believe that they apply across the board. Should I need to be precise in some of those d...
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 720 c314 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord for moving what I am sure are technical amendments. It wou...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c313-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, Amendments 34, 35, 36, 37 and 54 are clarificatory amendments. Amendments 34, 35, 36 and 3...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c313 (Link to this contribution)
34: Clause 6, page 4, line 26, leave out "and"
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c314 (Link to this contribution)
35: Clause 6, page 4, line 27, at end insert ", and
(c) the school is to be converted into an Academ...
Lord Whitty | 720 c329-30 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is a bit of a forlorn hope that I can capture the Chamber’s attention at this time of n...
Lord Whitty | 720 c310 (Link to this contribution)
As a matter of clarification, does the noble Lord not accept the amendment to his amendment tabled b...
Lord Wallace of Saltaire | 720 c246-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, when I first joined the House of Lords, we did not receive any briefings on anything. That...
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 720 c330 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am delighted to support my noble friend's amendment. It may be late, but the contributio...
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 720 c323-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I have listened to the debate on Report with even more concern than I did in Committee. I ...
Lord Whitty | 720 c310-1 (Link to this contribution)
That clarifies that matter, and it underlines my position in one sense. I do not believe that the Mi...
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 720 c307 (Link to this contribution)
As I understand it, throughout the passage of the Bill, there has been no such thing as a free schoo...
Baroness Whitaker | 720 c292-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I rise to speak briefly to Amendment 44A, which rather oddly is in this group. The argumen...
Viscount Eccles | 720 c238 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I start by saying that I was nothing like so fortunate behind the bicycle sheds as the nob...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 720 c216 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the noble Lord said that he had shared that information with noble Lords. It would be help...
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2024-02-08 19:22:59 +0000
URI
http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/PROCEEDING_86519
In Indexing
http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/PROCEEDING_86519
In Solr
https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/PROCEEDING_86519