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Education Bill

Debate on bills on Monday, 14 November 2011, in the House of Commons, led by Nick Gibb.
Education Bill. Programme motion (No. 2) on proceedings on consideration of Lords amendments and susequent stages. Agreed to on question. Consideration of Lords amendments. Lords amendments 1 to 100 agreed to, with Commons financial privilege waived in respect of Lords amendments 16, 23, 34, 36, 37, 40, 41 and 43.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
535 c580-662 
Session
2010-12
Department
Department for Education
Legislative stage
Lords amendments
Procedure
Programme motions
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Related items
Education Bill. Lords amendments. Explanatory Notes HL Bill 248-EN also published. (Vote)
Thursday, 10 November 2011
Bills
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions
John Hayes | 535 c641 (Link to this contribution) I will give way once more to my hon. Friend the Member for Brigg and Goole and then I must return to...
Andrew Percy | 535 c641 (Link to this contribution) Now that my hon. Friend the Member for Beverley and Holderness (Mr Stuart) has seduced the Minister ...

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Graham Stuart | 535 c640 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend could see one of the reasons for the need for flexibility if he came to visit Beverle...
John Hayes | 535 c640 (Link to this contribution) Every day a new invitation for me to visit a different part of the country arrives, each one more se...
Graham Stuart | 535 c644 (Link to this contribution) I would like to take the Minister back to the intervention from my right hon. Friend the Member for ...
John Hayes | 535 c643 (Link to this contribution) In those exceptional circumstances, I would expect the consultation to be as full as possible. By th...
Andrew Percy | 535 c643 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister explain in more detail the process for consulting the local community, if a colleg...
Greg Knight | 535 c641-2 (Link to this contribution) I am most grateful to the Minister, who is being very generous in giving way. He spoke earlier about...
John Hayes | 535 c641 (Link to this contribution) I have made it clear that I am not going to give way at this juncture, because I fear that my right ...
John Hayes | 535 c641 (Link to this contribution) No, I will make a little progress, if I may, and then I will give way again.
John Hayes | 535 c641 (Link to this contribution) That is wise advice, Madam Deputy Speaker, and it is taken in the spirit in which it is given.
John Hayes | 535 c637 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is a great champion of apprenticeships, having been an apprentice himself. He und...
Steve Rotheram | 535 c636-7 (Link to this contribution) I have written a letter to the Minister on what he has been saying about apprenticeships and supply ...
Greg Knight | 535 c637 (Link to this contribution) I applaud what my hon. Friend has said so far. Does he appreciate that there is an ongoing demand fo...
John Hayes | 535 c636 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That this House agrees with Lords amendment 28.
Nick Gibb | 535 c631-2 (Link to this contribution) I have already responded to the hon. Gentleman's point by quoting paragraph 3.1 of the admissions co...
John Hayes | 535 c636 (Link to this contribution) My enthusiasm to rise to speak to the amendments is indicative of the thorough scrutiny that the Bil...
Speaker | 535 c636 (Link to this contribution) If the Minister could just hold himself back for a second, with this it will be convenient to discus...
John Hayes | 535 c639-40 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is the very antithesis of both ugliness and ubiquity; indeed, he is known for his int...
Andrew Percy | 535 c639 (Link to this contribution) The Minister is making an excellent speech on the amendments. Will he tell us whether the Lords amen...
John Hayes | 535 c637-9 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right. We ought to declare that we share an interest in that topic and that we mig...
Greg Knight | 535 c637 (Link to this contribution) Although I am delighted at what the Minister has said about me, I suppose he and I ought to declare ...
John Hayes | 535 c637 (Link to this contribution) As ever, my right hon. Friend makes a valued, wise and richly-coloured contribution to our affairs. ...
Bob Stewart | 535 c639 (Link to this contribution) In my constituency we have Bromley college, and I have been speaking to people there. Will these cha...
John Hayes | 535 c639 (Link to this contribution) On the point of ugly ubiquity, I happily give way to my hon. Friend.
Bob Stewart | 535 c639 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister give way on that point?
John Hayes | 535 c639 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend. I think that these changes will enable colleges to form new kinds o...
Bob Stewart | 535 c656 (Link to this contribution) Has the Minister considered—I am sure that he has—the thought that a great number of high-quality in...
John Hayes | 535 c656 (Link to this contribution) This weekend, I was looking at a submission that suggested that we might ask the National Apprentice...
John Hayes | 535 c656 (Link to this contribution) I happily give way to my hon. Friend, who is a great expert on these things.
John Hayes | 535 c655 (Link to this contribution) I think that we need to calibrate the system to ensure that there is a good age spread. I probably s...
John Hayes | 535 c655-6 (Link to this contribution) Another bit of good news when we saw the figures from the statistical release was the substantial gr...
Neil Carmichael | 535 c655 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that one key measure of the success of apprenticeships—this certainly appl...
John Hayes | 535 c654-5 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has made a useful comment. The way in which apprenticeships are perceived, and th...
John Hayes | 535 c658 (Link to this contribution) I have written to colleagues to that effect. I make that plea once again. The hon. Gentleman is righ...
John Hayes | 535 c657 (Link to this contribution) Yes. In opposition, of course, it was our policy to offer a financial incentive to support SMEs, whi...
Steve Rotheram | 535 c657-8 (Link to this contribution) The Minister has just spoken about micro-businesses. MPs are almost micro-businesses. I would like t...
Neil Carmichael | 535 c657 (Link to this contribution) On marketing apprenticeship schemes, does my hon. Friend agree that the key area that we should focu...
John Hayes | 535 c657 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps we will see the end of this speech, but not the end of my career, not the end of this Govern...
Kevin Brennan | 535 c656 (Link to this contribution) He also said:"““No likely end could bring them loss""Or leave them happier than before.””" We look ...
John Hayes | 535 c656 (Link to this contribution) We are going to hear some more Yeats from the hon. Gentleman and I am happy to give way to him.
John Hayes | 535 c656 (Link to this contribution) I am glad that I anticipated my hon. Friend's point. Foresight is not essential for a Minister, but ...
John Hayes | 535 c646-7 (Link to this contribution) I was not going to be encouraged to speak lyrically about work experience, although I could, but I h...
Graham Stuart | 535 c647 (Link to this contribution) I am always focused on happiness. I thought I could increase the Minister's sense of contentment if ...
Speaker | 535 c647 (Link to this contribution) Order. I am very glad that the hon. Gentleman got his point on the record, but we are not debating t...
John Hayes | 535 c647 (Link to this contribution) As you say, Madam Deputy Speaker, we are debating the character of the apprenticeship offer. This Go...
John Hayes | 535 c644-6 (Link to this contribution) As I have said, where public interest is in jeopardy, the Secretary of State will retain powers unde...
Speaker | 535 c646 (Link to this contribution) Order. It is very interesting to hear of the extensive commitment that the Minister has personally t...
Margot James | 535 c646 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend on the amazing increase in apprenticeships that he has outlined. I met...
Graham Stuart | 535 c653 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that the number of apprenticeships going on to level 3 is a big indicator ...
Graham Stuart | 535 c652 (Link to this contribution) In the light of the requirement to try to secure places, does the hon. Gentleman agree that apprenti...
Stephen Twigg | 535 c652 (Link to this contribution) I might be told off by Madam Deputy Speaker, but let me say that the quality of the education and tr...
John Hayes | 535 c653-4 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Member for Liverpool, West Derby spoke a little about the age spread of apprenticeships in ...
Jim Shannon | 535 c654 (Link to this contribution) In other regions of the United Kingdom, such as Northern Ireland, education, including further educa...
Stephen Twigg | 535 c651-2 (Link to this contribution) I found myself in agreement with much of what the hon. Gentleman had to say in the earlier debate on...
Graham Stuart | 535 c651 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is giving a thoughtful speech. In light of his amendment (a) to Lords amendment 3...
Stephen Twigg | 535 c650-1 (Link to this contribution) I am delighted to join my hon. Friend and constituency neighbour in congratulating Liverpool city co...
Graham Stuart | 535 c627 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right to quote the Prime Minister, who in turn is right to identify this issue. Wh...
Speaker | 535 c627 (Link to this contribution) Order. I am sure that the Minister will ensure that his response is relevant to the amendments that ...
Nick Gibb | 535 c627-8 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. In the light of your ruling, I will make just one point to my hon. ...
Stephen McPartland | 535 c625-6 (Link to this contribution) I very much agree with my hon. Friend, because reputational risk is very important. The problem is s...
Nick Gibb | 535 c626-7 (Link to this contribution) With the leave of the House, I should like to respond to this interesting debate. I am grateful to m...
Kevin Brennan | 535 c628 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his comments. Would he be prepared to put it on the record that going right...
Nick Gibb | 535 c628 (Link to this contribution) What I will put on the record are the words used in paragraph 3.1 of the code, which states that adm...
Graham Stuart | 535 c629 (Link to this contribution) Can my hon. Friend give examples of instances in which such a measure might have been triggered in t...
Nick Gibb | 535 c629-31 (Link to this contribution) The incidents I would cite are those from this summer when there were persistent errors. The persist...
Damian Hinds | 535 c619 (Link to this contribution) I suspect that my hon. Friend knows that my point was a more general one about other people doing be...
Graham Stuart | 535 c619 (Link to this contribution) Double Dutch perhaps, but not Japanese. My hon. Friend asserts that other areas do better than we d...
Richard Fuller | 535 c619 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that one of the main reasons the Japanese do so well in business is not st...
Graham Stuart | 535 c618 (Link to this contribution) The Government listened and used the Bill to correct an anomaly and allow FE teachers to teach in sc...
Damian Hinds | 535 c619 (Link to this contribution) Only if my hon. Friend will speak in Japanese.
Damian Hinds | 535 c617 (Link to this contribution) I wish briefly to discuss a couple of aspects of the amendments, touching on Ofsted and outstanding ...
Graham Stuart | 535 c618 (Link to this contribution) I am glad to say that Lord Hill said that he and Sir Michael Wilshaw—I think he specifically named h...
Damian Hinds | 535 c618 (Link to this contribution) That highlights the point about having people running organisations whom we trust and who can make p...
Neil Carmichael | 535 c615-7 (Link to this contribution) I would certainly be willing to see schools go without an Ofsted inspection for some time if they ar...
Graham Stuart | 535 c615 (Link to this contribution) Is my hon. Friend comfortable with the idea that some schools might not be inspected for 10 or 12 ye...
Neil Carmichael | 535 c614-5 (Link to this contribution) I want to talk about five aspects of the amendments. The first is the question of Ofqual. I disagree...
Richard Fuller | 535 c614 (Link to this contribution) I appreciate the Minister's intervention, which reassures me somewhat, but Lords amendment 37, on se...
Richard Fuller | 535 c613 (Link to this contribution) I appreciate my hon. Friend's intervention. As Chairman of the Select Committee, he is very knowledg...
Nick Gibb | 535 c613 (Link to this contribution) It will not be compulsory to have a direct payment. It will be an option that parents can take up if...
Richard Fuller | 535 c612-3 (Link to this contribution) I appreciate what the hon. Gentleman says from a sedentary position, although I am sure that you wou...
Graham Stuart | 535 c613 (Link to this contribution) I am perhaps more optimistic than my hon. Friend. Historically, we have not had direct budgets in th...
Richard Fuller | 535 c612 (Link to this contribution) Indeed. I will happily listen to the hon. Member for Cardiff West if he wishes to—[Interruption.] I ...
Stephen Twigg | 535 c612 (Link to this contribution) That is not within the scope of this debate.
Damian Hinds | 535 c624-5 (Link to this contribution) On the question of reputational risk versus the power of a fine, does my hon. Friend accept that the...
Stephen McPartland | 535 c624 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for that clarification. One of the little-known problems with Ofqual's relation...
Richard Fuller | 535 c621 (Link to this contribution) I am listening with great interest to what my hon. Friend is saying. His party obviously has a sligh...
Dan Rogerson | 535 c621-2 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. In Bedford, people very much have two mind...
Damian Hinds | 535 c619-20 (Link to this contribution) I thoroughly accept that point, but we need to ensure that our education system strives to be as goo...
Dan Rogerson | 535 c620-1 (Link to this contribution) I rise to support a number of the Lords amendments that were made in another place at the prompting ...
Stephen McPartland | 535 c624 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a fantastic point, but I must stop myself agreeing with him. I believe that the...
Nick Gibb | 535 c624 (Link to this contribution) I want to put on the record the fact that Ofqual will consult on the definition of turnover it will ...
Stephen McPartland | 535 c622-4 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute on this group of amendments. Like my hon. Friend the...
Richard Fuller | 535 c624 (Link to this contribution) I do not wish to detain the House too long on this point, because we have heard many aspects of it. ...
Dan Rogerson | 535 c603 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that even if such allegations are not reported in the media, they may get ...
Graham Stuart | 535 c604 (Link to this contribution) Yes, and Alison Wolf suggested in her report that more 14 to 16-year-olds should attend FE colleges,...
Graham Stuart | 535 c603 (Link to this contribution) I agree that we will have to keep a close eye on the provision, but I hope it does the job it is int...
Nick Gibb | 535 c604 (Link to this contribution) The measure is about incentives. If a not-for-profit or commercial operation seeks to ensure that th...
Damian Hinds | 535 c605 (Link to this contribution) I wonder what level of error Japan, or the other strongest education systems in the world, are targe...
Graham Stuart | 535 c605 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for that comment. Perhaps he did mean what he just said, and it may be...
Richard Fuller | 535 c605 (Link to this contribution) Many of us have strained to have zero errors in exams. I note you achieved that on many occasions, M...
Graham Stuart | 535 c605 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes my point for me: public confidence, particularly as far as a political party in...
Graham Stuart | 535 c607 (Link to this contribution) Conservative Members have found that artificial targets led to precisely the kind of mechanistic, co...
Stephen McPartland | 535 c607 (Link to this contribution) These awarding bodies are very large businesses; I believe that the largest is worth about a quarter...
Graham Stuart | 535 c605-6 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for making my point both more succinctly and fluently that I was. T...
Richard Fuller | 535 c606 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has already alerted the House to the risk that the Lords amendments will result in th...
Graham Stuart | 535 c606 (Link to this contribution) The measures seem terribly redolent of provisions I saw in the House during the previous Parliament....
Louise Mensch | 535 c607 (Link to this contribution) I am fascinated by my hon. Friend's speech. I understand that he feels zero errors is too high a thr...
Richard Fuller | 535 c610-1 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is, as he has been throughout this process, a source of extreme insight and has e...
Kevin Brennan | 535 c610 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the duty to co-operate is not about the interests of schools or l...
Elizabeth Truss | 535 c609 (Link to this contribution) I will speak to Lords amendments 18 and 19 on the duty of schools to co-operate. It is important th...
Graham Stuart | 535 c612 (Link to this contribution) Which one is on and which one is off?
Elizabeth Truss | 535 c611 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that some local authorities, such as Norfolk county council, have taken a ...
Richard Fuller | 535 c611-2 (Link to this contribution) I appreciate my hon. Friend's intervention, although with respect, I will stick tightly to the Lords...
Stephen McPartland | 535 c611 (Link to this contribution) Can my hon. Friend give us examples of the local authority paying lip service to co-operating with t...
Richard Fuller | 535 c611 (Link to this contribution) I appreciate the incentive that my hon. Friend gives me to talk about local issues—there are example...
Speaker | 535 c641 (Link to this contribution) Order. Perhaps I may help the Minister by saying that if he returns to his notes, his diary might no...
John Hayes | 535 c640 (Link to this contribution) Once more, and then I must return to my notes.
John Hayes | 535 c642-3 (Link to this contribution) It is true, of course, that as we free up the system, some of the controls that have previously been...
Speaker | 535 c636 (Link to this contribution) With this it will be convenient—
John Hayes | 535 c652-3 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Member for Liverpool, West Derby (Stephen Twigg) raised a number of points, which I shall t...
Nick Gibb | 535 c587-8 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an important point. Co-operation is important, whether it is with children's tr...
Nicholas Dakin | 535 c589 (Link to this contribution) I agree with what the Minister and the shadow Minister say about proportionality in inspection. Howe...
Nick Gibb | 535 c582 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That this House agrees with Lords amendment 1.
Kevin Brennan | 535 c631 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for those comments, but can he firm up what he has said by making it c...
Bob Stewart | 535 c656 (Link to this contribution) I hope that the Minister will forgive me, because he has almost made the point I was going to make, ...
Stephen Twigg | 535 c655 (Link to this contribution) I entirely agree that we are not talking about two alternatives, but does the Minister share my conc...
Stephen Twigg | 535 c647-50 (Link to this contribution) It is always a great pleasure to speak opposite the Minister in such important debates. This is my f...
Steve Rotheram | 535 c650 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has outlined the move in emphasis away from securing employment for every qualified p...
Damian Hinds | 535 c618-9 (Link to this contribution) Indeed. As ever, my hon. Friend makes a pertinent point. Teachers are unique—there is something spe...
Kevin Brennan | 535 c604 (Link to this contribution) Further, a school student might be attending an FE college as part of their school sixth-form studie...
Richard Fuller | 535 c610 (Link to this contribution) I appreciate the opportunity to speak to the Lords amendments. I welcome the fact that in their lord...
Graham Stuart | 535 c607-8 (Link to this contribution) That may well be the case, but if they do have such insurance, the premium will reflect the cost of ...
Nick Gibb | 535 c596 (Link to this contribution) As the hon. Gentleman will know, the previous Administration, of which he was part, considered exten...
Kevin Brennan | 535 c595 (Link to this contribution) Let us hope that this will not be another Dangerous Dogs Act. I am not going to suggest that Labour...
Kevin Brennan | 535 c596-7 (Link to this contribution) Not only am I aware of that, but I actually said about two minutes ago that it had originally been i...
Nick Gibb | 535 c597 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I can help the hon. Gentleman by quoting my noble Friend Lord Hill, who said in another plac...
Kevin Brennan | 535 c597-9 (Link to this contribution) The interesting thing is that one reason why the Government became confused or were in danger of sen...
Richard Fuller | 535 c599 (Link to this contribution) On the hon. Gentleman's observations on Lords amendments regarding schools admissions policies, one ...
Kevin Brennan | 535 c599-600 (Link to this contribution) The Government made it clear during the Commons stage that they wished the academies to be subject t...
Nick Gibb | 535 c600 (Link to this contribution) I am happy to confirm that we want to reduce the amount of prescription on how to constitute a gover...
Kevin Brennan | 535 c600-1 (Link to this contribution) That is extremely helpful. The Minister's words will probably satisfy us so that we need not press t...
Damian Hinds | 535 c601 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the theoretical possibility of a school not being inspected for a...
Graham Stuart | 535 c602-3 (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to participate in the debate and to see so many members of the Bill Committee prese...
Kevin Brennan | 535 c601-2 (Link to this contribution) There are lots of indicators now, but we need triggers to make inspections happen at the appropriate...
Nick Gibb | 535 c588 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister made some very important points about coasting schools in his article in The Dail...
Kevin Brennan | 535 c588 (Link to this contribution) In the light of what the Prime Minister has said today about the dangers of schools coasting, is the...
Nick Gibb | 535 c588-9 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right that one has to be proportionate in these issues. Ultimately, this is a matt...
Graham Stuart | 535 c588 (Link to this contribution) The Minister is absolutely right to have proportionate inspection. We need to be careful to ensure t...
Nick Gibb | 535 c588 (Link to this contribution) I am happy to think further about those issues. However, the point of the proposal is that it is dif...
Kevin Brennan | 535 c588 (Link to this contribution) My concern is that the exemption from inspection is almost an invitation to coast. There is a danger...
Nick Gibb | 535 c589 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes a very good point. When a new head teacher comes into a school it can have ...
Kevin Brennan | 535 c589 (Link to this contribution) I will intervene one final time on this issue because I do not want to detain the House. The Chairma...
Richard Fuller | 535 c590-1 (Link to this contribution) This is a slightly specific question, Mr Speaker, but it does relate to the Lords amendments. In ci...
Nick Gibb | 535 c590 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for that ruling, Mr Speaker, and I will press on by turning to academies. The Bill re...
Graham Stuart | 535 c591 (Link to this contribution) In the Lords, the Government accepted various amendments to limit the impact of such fines on global...
Nick Gibb | 535 c591 (Link to this contribution) I know what my hon. Friend refers to, but I would prefer to get the technical answer to his question...
David Ward | 535 c589 (Link to this contribution) Does the Minister agree that the way to deal with coasting schools is not so much through the inspec...
Nick Gibb | 535 c589 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes a very good point. Ofsted inspectors need to learn what an outstanding scho...
Speaker | 535 c590 (Link to this contribution) Order. May I say gently to the Minister that I know he is making full efforts to satisfy his audienc...
Nick Gibb | 535 c589-90 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an important point. Performance tables are an important piece of the jigsaw of ...
Graham Stuart | 535 c592 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for setting out the Government's thinking, but I am not entirely persu...
Nick Gibb | 535 c591-2 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend will have seen over the summer some of the errors in the exams. They are unacceptable...
Nick Gibb | 535 c592 (Link to this contribution) I must disagree with my hon. Friend, because the seriousness of the errors was not just in their num...
Kevin Brennan | 535 c595 (Link to this contribution) As always, the hon. Gentleman makes a thoughtful point but, as you have confirmed, Mr Speaker, it un...
Speaker | 535 c594 (Link to this contribution) Order. The disadvantage of the hon. Gentleman's intervention was that, interesting though it was, it...
Graham Stuart | 535 c594 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman talks about extending the provision to other staff in schools. Do he and his part...
Kevin Brennan | 535 c593-4 (Link to this contribution) I was indeed going to be generous—about the powers of persuasion of our Front Benchers in the House ...
Nick Gibb | 535 c593 (Link to this contribution) I thought that the hon. Gentleman might be a little more generous about the powers of persuasion of ...
Kevin Brennan | 535 c592-3 (Link to this contribution) In this debate on Lords amendment 1 and all the amendments that it is highly convenient—for the Gove...
Nick Gibb | 535 c592 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right. All kinds of other factors will determine which awarding organisations scho...
Damian Hinds | 535 c592 (Link to this contribution) There are considerable costs for schools when they switch from one awarding body to another. Does my...
Graham Stuart | 535 c595 (Link to this contribution) As I debated the abolition of independent schools only a couple of weeks ago with the hon. Gentleman...
Speaker | 535 c586 (Link to this contribution) In responding to his hon. Friend, I know that the Minister will not wish to be led astray and that h...
Graham Stuart | 535 c584 (Link to this contribution) As my hon. Friend knows, I am sympathetic to the Government's intentions in this regard as well, but...
Richard Fuller | 535 c586 (Link to this contribution) Although some of us are very focused on the duty of schools to co-operate with the local authority, ...
Nick Gibb | 535 c586 (Link to this contribution) We were never against co-operation. It is very important that schools, academies and free schools co...
Kevin Brennan | 535 c586 (Link to this contribution) When we were in Committee, I recall the Minister saying that he regarded the duty to co-operate as a...
Nick Gibb | 535 c585-6 (Link to this contribution) I really do not want to intervene or interfere in this debate between two such august hon. Gentlemen...
Barry Sheerman | 535 c585 (Link to this contribution) Is it not a fact, however, that the current Chairman of the Education Committee might have a much ro...
Nick Gibb | 535 c585 (Link to this contribution) I agree with the hon. Gentleman and with the excellent work that he carried out when he was the Chai...
Barry Sheerman | 535 c584 (Link to this contribution) The Minister may recall that in the previous Parliament the Committee looked intensively at that ver...
Nick Gibb | 535 c584 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend, the Chairman of the Education Committee, makes a good point, but teachers are very m...
Nick Gibb | 535 c584 (Link to this contribution) Yes, of course, but we are talking about the effect on individuals, and if there is just one case of...
Kevin Brennan | 535 c583-4 (Link to this contribution) The Minister is right that the Opposition have supported these proposals, but they must also be care...
Speaker | 535 c582 (Link to this contribution) I must draw the House's attention to the fact that financial privilege is involved in Lords amendmen...
Speaker | 535 c582 (Link to this contribution) With this it will be convenient to consider Lords amendments 2 to 18. Lords amendment 19, and amend...
Nick Gibb | 535 c582-3 (Link to this contribution) It is with great pleasure that I bring the Education Bill back before the House. It received detaile...
Kevin Brennan | 535 c583 (Link to this contribution) Were the Government able to provide any further evidence in the Lords as to the prevalence of such a...
Nick Gibb | 535 c583 (Link to this contribution) I thought the hon. Gentleman supported these proposals. He will be aware that the National Union of ...
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Cooperation
Governing bodies
Inspections
Protection
Privacy
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Schools
Teachers
Rights of accused
Ofqual
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Education Bill 2010-12
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