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Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bill on Wednesday, 5 July 2006, in the House of Lords.

Education and Inspections Bill

Education and Inspections Bill. Lords Committee stage first day. Clauses 1-3 agreed to, clause 2 as amended. New clauses considered. (Part 1 of 2)

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Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
684 c250-311 
Session
2005-06
Department
Department for Education and Skills
Legislative stage
Committee stage
Procedure
New clauses
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Related items
Education and Inspections Bill
Wednesday, 5 July 2006
Parliamentary proceedings
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions
Lord Lucas | 684 c256 (Link to this contribution) I should like to take this opportunity to explore what the Government currently understand by the wo...
Baroness Warnock | 684 c256 (Link to this contribution) I rise to support what has just been said and to express my particular support for Amendments Nos. 7...
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Baroness Walmsley | 684 c254-6 (Link to this contribution) Before I speak to my Amendment No. 7 in this group, perhaps I may make one or two comments about wha...
Lord Rix | 684 c253-4 (Link to this contribution) I speak to Amendments Nos. 6 and 9, both tabled in my name and in the name of my noble friend Lady D...
Lord Judd | 684 c252-3 (Link to this contribution) I rise to speak to Amendment No. 2 standing in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Plant and th...
Baroness Buscombe | 684 c250-2 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 1: Before Clause 1, insert the following new clause- ““PRIMARY DUTIES IN RELAT...
Lord Adonis | 684 c250 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I beg to move that the House do now resolve itself into Committee on this Bill. Moved acc...
Earl of Listowel | 684 c266 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for that helpful and detailed answer. I omitted to ask him whether he will info...
Earl of Listowel | 684 c259-60 (Link to this contribution) I support Amendment No. 9, tabled by my noble friend Lord Rix. I hope I have understood him correctl...
Baroness Buscombe | 684 c259 (Link to this contribution) I did not mention the word ““academic”” at all. I suggest the noble Baroness reads the amendment aga...
Lord Adonis | 684 c260-6 (Link to this contribution) These amendments all relate to the fundamental duties on local authorities in Clauses 1 to 3 to prom...
Lord Dearing | 684 c260 (Link to this contribution) I shall speak briefly in support of the two amendments of the noble Lord, Lord Rix. These young peop...
Baroness Darcy de Knayth | 684 c257-8 (Link to this contribution) I should like to say a brief but warm word of support for Amendments Nos. 6 and 9 in the name of my ...
Baroness David | 684 c257 (Link to this contribution) I should very much like to support the amendment tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Judd. It seems stran...
Baroness Williams of Crosby | 684 c258-9 (Link to this contribution) I follow what the noble Baroness has just said and commend it very much to the House. I am sorry tha...
Baroness Howarth of Breckland | 684 c258 (Link to this contribution) I support Amendments Nos. 6 and 9. In listening to the noble Lord, Lord Northbourne, I remembered ho...
Lord Northbourne | 684 c256-7 (Link to this contribution) I am confused and should like some guidance from the Minister. My first point concerns Amendment No....
Lord Boston of Faversham | 684 c270 (Link to this contribution) In view of the groupings, I must point out to the Committee that if Amendment No. 4 is agreed to I c...
Lord Dearing | 684 c269-70 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 3: Page 1, line 4, at beginning insert- ““(1) A local authority which is both ...
Baroness Buscombe | 684 c268-9 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his response to my amendment and the others in the group. I reiterate that...
Lord Judd | 684 c267 (Link to this contribution) I thank my noble friend for the very considerate response to my amendment, and I am encouraged that ...
Lord Adonis | 684 c266-7 (Link to this contribution) I am not breaching any confidences by saying that tomorrow the Select Committee on Education and Ski...
Lord Adonis | 684 c268 (Link to this contribution) That is a very wide issue, and I am happy to write to the noble Lord, which may be the best approach...
Lord Lucas | 684 c267-8 (Link to this contribution) I do not know whether the noble Lord will be able to answer the questions that I raise on the meanin...
Lord Rix | 684 c267 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for seeing me and members of the Special Education Consortium yesterday afterno...
Lord Northbourne | 684 c267 (Link to this contribution) I do not think that the noble Lord mentioned whether he is prepared to give the Committee a sneak pr...
Baroness Warnock | 684 c274 (Link to this contribution) I support what my noble friends Lord Dearing and Lady Howarth have said, and remind your Lordships h...
Lord Dearing | 684 c274 (Link to this contribution) May I offer an explanation of my misdemeanour to the noble Baroness? My strong feeling, which is bas...
Lord Adonis | 684 c274-6 (Link to this contribution) I now realise that I am in the customary position of Ministers speaking from this Dispatch Box of ag...
Baroness Massey of Darwen | 684 c271-2 (Link to this contribution) I rise briefly to support the amendment. In doing so, I reflect on the words of the Minister at the ...
Baroness Buscombe | 684 c272-3 (Link to this contribution) As the right reverend Prelate has just said, we entirely agree that the well-being of children is pa...
Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham | 684 c272 (Link to this contribution) We on these Benches agree that the well-being of children is and must be paramount. That is already ...
Baroness Howarth of Breckland | 684 c273 (Link to this contribution) I was not going to speak at this juncture, but my noble friend has allowed me to speak before him. I...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 684 c274 (Link to this contribution) Again, very briefly, I support the amendment. We have gone over this point many times, but it was fe...
Baroness Howarth of Breckland | 684 c274 (Link to this contribution) In one sentence, I believe that it would strengthen it.
Lord Dearing | 684 c298-9 (Link to this contribution) I speak to Amendment No. 18. It is a great pleasure to speak after the noble Baroness, Lady Williams...
Lord Gould of Brookwood | 684 c299-300 (Link to this contribution) It is a great privilege to follow those words from such an expert in this field. I say first how mu...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 684 c295-6 (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Lord for his suggestion. I do not have a copy of the 1996 Act to hand and so canno...
Baroness Williams of Crosby | 684 c296-8 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 16: Page 2, line 14, at end insert ““, and ( ) ensuring that the education pro...
Lord Lucas | 684 c300-1 (Link to this contribution) I am in serious trouble here because I cannot think of anything that the noble Lord, Lord Gould, sai...
Lord Judd | 684 c301-2 (Link to this contribution) I warm to the arguments put forward by the noble Lord, Lord Dearing. In my experience, they relate t...
Baroness Williams of Crosby | 684 c300 (Link to this contribution) I absolutely agree that parents want the best school for their child. My point is that the Bill pres...
Lord Gould of Brookwood | 684 c300 (Link to this contribution) This is a balanced Bill. The key is that the Government in their strategic role for local authoritie...
Lord Skidelsky | 684 c303 (Link to this contribution) I oppose this amendment for the reasons given by the noble Lord, Lord Lucas: it is unclear what duti...
Lord Lucas | 684 c303 (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord, Lord Judd, could get the LSE to design an A-level economics course which is not as i...
Baroness Scott of Needham Market | 684 c287 (Link to this contribution) I hope that the noble Baroness will forgive me for intervening, as I am really here as an observer a...
Lord Adonis | 684 c288 (Link to this contribution) I failed to respond to the noble Lord, Lord Skidelsky, and I am anxious that he does not think it wa...
Baroness Buscombe | 684 c288 (Link to this contribution) We will continue to agree to disagree with the Liberal Democrats. On that basis, I beg leave to with...
Baroness Morgan of Huyton | 684 c291-2 (Link to this contribution) I hope that we do not accept these amendments. One of the big steps forward in the Bill is the atten...
Earl of Listowel | 684 c292 (Link to this contribution) It may be helpful for me to comment while we are discussing curriculum diversity. I wonder whether i...
Lord Adonis | 684 c292-5 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I can begin by taking this issue head-on because I think that it will feature more in our di...
Lord Skidelsky | 684 c292 (Link to this contribution) I am a bit puzzled as to why the noble Baroness, Lady Sharp, is so sceptical about choice and divers...
Lord Lucas | 684 c295 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I can persuade the noble Baroness, Lady Sharp, and the Minister that the good work that they...
Lord Lucas | 684 c283 (Link to this contribution) Surely the point is that they have not worked well for many a long year. There is a whole collection...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 684 c283 (Link to this contribution) I hope we will not accept this amendment. Everyone knows that where we have ended up in the Bill, in...
Earl of Listowel | 684 c282 (Link to this contribution) I apologise to the noble Baroness for not being present for much of her moving of this amendment; I ...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 684 c282-3 (Link to this contribution) It will hardly surprise your Lordships that from these Benches we have very little agreement with wh...
Lord Lucas | 684 c281 (Link to this contribution) I think that I was probably the Back-Bencher to which the noble Baroness referred. I am disappointed...
Lord Skidelsky | 684 c281-2 (Link to this contribution) I do not quite agree with the noble Baroness, Lady Buscombe, but the duties of LEAs in relation to e...
Baroness Buscombe | 684 c286-7 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his response to my amendments. I have listened to him with some care, but I...
Lord Adonis | 684 c284-6 (Link to this contribution) If I may say so, my noble friend Lord Smith has made my speech for me. I welcome the noble Baroness’...
Lord Smith of Leigh | 684 c284 (Link to this contribution) I must respond to that point. As leader of a Labour metropolitan authority, I hope the noble Barones...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 684 c283-4 (Link to this contribution) I think a reply to the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, is required. Obviously there are some good schools an...
Lord Adonis | 684 c277 (Link to this contribution) We are in Committee and so I am happy to respond immediately. I know absolutely what my legal friend...
Baroness Walmsley | 684 c277 (Link to this contribution) That brings me nicely to my second point. The reason why it might be desirable to do so is to provid...
Lord Dearing | 684 c277-8 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his reply and I am delighted that there is no difference whatever in the Ho...
Baroness Buscombe | 684 c278 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 11: Page 2, line 11, leave out ““powers”” and insert ““functions”” The noble ...
Baroness Walmsley | 684 c277 (Link to this contribution) Before the noble Lord, Lord Dearing, rises to respond, perhaps I may make three points. First, our A...
Baroness Buscombe | 684 c281 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps the simplest way in which to respond to the noble Baroness, Lady Massey, is to say that our ...
Baroness Buscombe | 684 c278 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may respond by saying three cheers to parliamentary counsel. I am very grateful to the nob...
Lord Adonis | 684 c278 (Link to this contribution) I may be able to deal straightforwardly with the amendment by saying that I propose to accept it. Th...
Baroness Massey of Darwen | 684 c281 (Link to this contribution) I seek clarification from the noble Baroness, Lady Buscombe, who seems to be very busy this evening ...
Baroness Buscombe | 684 c278-81 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 12: Page 2, line 12, at end insert- ““( ) encouraging all schools to become fo...
Baroness Crawley | 684 c311 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move that the House be resumed. In moving this Motion, I suggest that the Committee stage b...
Baroness Williams of Crosby | 684 c311 (Link to this contribution) As it is late, I have not risen to the bait, but I would not have said what I said without having ve...
Lord Adonis | 684 c307-11 (Link to this contribution) I stand between your Lordships and dinner, which is a slightly perilous position to be in. I have to...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 684 c306-7 (Link to this contribution) I shall seek to justify Amendment No. 16 as well as Amendment No. 18. In fact, Amendment No. 16 was ...
Lord Dearing | 684 c306 (Link to this contribution) Before the Minister replies, perhaps I may respond briefly to some points. To the noble Lord, Lord L...
Earl of Listowel | 684 c305-6 (Link to this contribution) I know that we want to move on as swiftly as possible, but The Costs of Inclusion has raised again t...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 684 c305 (Link to this contribution) I did not intend to speak, but we should be careful that we do not patronise people by saying that t...
Lord Smith of Leigh | 684 c304-5 (Link to this contribution) I want to comment on the remarks made by the noble Lord, Lord Dearing, for two reasons. I think that...
Baroness Howarth of Breckland | 684 c304 (Link to this contribution) I was not going to speak in this debate, and I realise that time is pressing on, but I just want to ...
Baroness Scott of Needham Market | 684 c303-4 (Link to this contribution) A couple of years ago, as a member of the board of the Audit Commission, I was part of a team that l...
Lord Lucas | 684 c290-1 (Link to this contribution) I am as depressed as ever by the Liberal Democrat vision of a grey, uniform mediocrity among schools...
Baroness Buscombe | 684 c273 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may respond tothe noble Baroness, Lady Howarth—the joy of Committee is that we can speak a...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 684 c288-90 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 13: Page 2, line 13, after ““securing”” insert ““where appropriate”” The nobl...
Baroness Walmsley | 684 c270-1 (Link to this contribution) I rise to support the noble Lord, Lord Dearing, and the noble Lord, Lord Best, who is not in his pla...
Subjects
Access Disability Children Assessments Admissions Discipline Community development Community schools Governing bodies Faith schools Foundation schools Local government Pupil exclusions Local education authorities Pupils Standards Special educational needs School choice Secondary education Social services Academies Trust schools
Legislation
Education and Inspections Bill 2005-06
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