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Education and Inspections Bill

If there is anything more to say, do, but if there is nothing, don’t. I continue to be interested. On Amendment No. 258, I am delighted that the noble Lord is going down that road. I very much hope that the proposed body will have two important functions. The first is to make the results of research intelligible to the ordinary teacher so that he or she can use it. There are good research digests available but they do not begin to reach that audience. You would require an inordinate amount of time to make any use of the sort of thing which is commonly available. Secondly, I hope that it will be able to advise the Secretary of State on the research he should pursue; it will be gathering a lot of information on what is happening and will see gaps and possibilities emerging. If the noble Lord is not thinking of giving it a budget of its own—which I gather he is not—I hope that someone in the DfES will be listening to its thoughts on what could and should be done. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. [Amendments Nos. 252ZA to 252A had been withdrawn from the Marshalled List.] Schedule 16 agreed to. Clause 153 [Power to repeal references to ““local education authority”” and ““children’s services authority”” etc]: [Amendment No. 252AA not moved.] Clause 153 agreed to. [Amendment No. 252B not moved.] Clause 154 agreed to. [Amendments Nos. 253 to 255 not moved.] Clause 155 agreed to. Lord Adonis moved Amendment No. 255A: "After Clause 155, insert the following new clause—""““Power of members of staff of further education institutions to use force""After section 85B of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13) insert—""““85C Power of members of staff to use force""(1) A member of the staff of an institution which is within the further education sector may use such force as is reasonable in the circumstances for the purpose of preventing a student at the institution from doing (or continuing to do) any of the following, namely—" (a) committing any offence, (b) causing personal injury to, or damage to the property of, any person (including the student himself), or (c) prejudicing the maintenance of good order and discipline at the institution or among any of its students, whether during a teaching session or otherwise. "(2) The power conferred by subsection (1) may be exercised only where—" (a) the member of the staff and the student are on the premises of the institution, or (b) they are elsewhere and the member of the staff has lawful control or charge of the student. "(3) Subsection (1) does not authorise anything to be done in relation to a student which constitutes the giving of corporal punishment within the meaning of section 548 of the Education Act 1996.""(4) The powers conferred by subsection (1) are in addition to any powers exercisable apart from this section and are not to be construed as restricting what may lawfully be done apart from this section.""(5) In this section, ““member of the staff””, in relation to an institution within the further education sector, means any person who works at that institution whether or not as its employee.””””" On Question, amendment agreed to. Clause 156 [Collaboration arrangements: maintained schools and further education bodies]: [Amendment No. 256 not moved.] Clause 156 agreed to. Clause 157 agreed to. Clause 158 [Offences relating to independent schools]: [Amendment No. 257 not moved.] Clause 158 agreed to. Clauses 159 and 160 agreed to. Schedule 17 agreed to. Clauses 161 and 162 agreed to. [Amendment No. 258 not moved.] Clauses 163 to 169 agreed to. Schedule 18 [Repeals]: Lord Adonis moved Amendments Nos. 259 to 261: "Page 246, line 48, column 2, at end insert—""““In section 133(1)(a), the words ““or the Children Act 1989(c. 41)””.””""Page 247, line 15, column 2, at end insert—""““Section 61(4).””""Page 248, column 2, leave out lines 2 to 4 and insert—""““In section 89—" (a) in subsection (1A) the words ““(within the meaning of section 22 of the Children Act 1989)””, and (b) in subsection (2) the word ““and”” at the end of paragraph (c).”” On Question, amendments agreed to. Schedule 18, as amended, agreed to. Clauses 170 to 173 agreed to. Clause 174 [The appropriate authority by whom commencement order is made]: Lord Adonis moved Amendments Nos. 262 to 263A: "Page 120, line 14, at end insert—""““section (Admission arrangements for schools with religious character: consultation and objections) (admission arrangements for schools with religious character: consultation and objections);””""Page 120, line 15, at end insert—""““section (Schools with pre-1998 arrangements for selection by ability or aptitude) (schools with pre-1998 arrangements for selection by ability or aptitude);””""Page 120, line 22, at end insert—""““section (Power of members of staff of further education institutions to use force) (power of members of staff of further education institutions to use force);””" On Question, amendments agreed to. Clause 174, as amended, agreed to. Clause 175 [Extent]: