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Proceeding contribution from Baroness Perry of Southwark (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Monday, 21 July 2008. It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bill on Education and Skills Bill.

Education and Skills Bill

At this hour we should not continue the debate. The body does not have to accredit every individual GCSE examination. Edexcel, Cambridge Assessment and all these great providers of GCSEs and A-levels are robust in their quality control—meticulously so; there are learned professors who check every single item in the examination and who have detailed ways of checking the examination and the marking process. I simply do not understand why the QCA, or Ofqual, as it is becoming, needs to get involved in that, provided that it is convinced that the arrangements in the organisations that provide the examinations are robust. That should be its job—but I really will not keep the Committee at this time of night.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
703 c1638-9 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Disability Data protection Devolved matters Admissions Curriculum Discipline Disadvantaged Cost effectiveness Cooperation Apprentices Departmental responsibilities Adult education Equality Fees and charges Education Further education Inspections Gender Legislative competence Internet Discrimination Higher education Ethnic groups Learning disability Learning and Skills Council for England Educational institutions Home education Qualifications Private education Pupil exclusions Qualifications and Curriculum Authority Local education authorities National Assembly for Wales Pupils Minority groups Part-time education Personal, social, health and economic education Registration Travel Standards Schools Special educational needs Training Vocational guidance Young people Religion Transport Regulation Wales Religious practice Telephone services Skilled workers Travellers Welsh Government Sixth form education Department for Children, Schools and Families Pupil referral units Connexions Service Estyn Basic skills Ofqual Ofsted
Legislation
Education and Skills Bill 2007-08
Link
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