Debate on bill and Committee of the Whole House (HL) on Thursday, 20 July 2006, in the House of Lords.

Education and Inspections Bill

Education and Inspections Bill. Lords Committee stage fourth day. Clauses 39-78 agreed to, clauses 39 and 49 as amended. Schedules 5-10 agreed to, schedule 10 as amended. New clauses considered. (Part 1 of 2)

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 684 c1416-42
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. Brought from the Commons. Explanatory notes HL Bill 116-EN also published.
Thursday, 25 May 2006
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House of Lords; Education and Inspections Bill
Thursday, 20 July 2006
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Proceeding contributions: Baroness Crawley | 684 c1442 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move that the House do now resume, and suggest that Committee begin again not before 2.38 p...; Lord Adonis | 684 c1440 (Link to this contribution) I give the noble Baroness that assurance: it will be effectiveness at large. I also very much take t...; Lord Skidelsky | 684 c1440 (Link to this contribution) I did not say that our schools were primitive. I suggested that some of our websites were primitive....; Lord Adonis | 684 c1442 (Link to this contribution) That is a difficult issue, but it is precisely why we are seeking to target the choice advisers on s...; Lord Lucas | 684 c1441-2 (Link to this contribution) Secondly, does the noble Lord take my point on in-year admissions and, generally, people coming from...; Lord Adonis | 684 c1441 (Link to this contribution) Certainly not turned away; I would expect the choice adviser to give them the information they requi...; Lord Lucas | 684 c1441 (Link to this contribution) There were two or three points I had hoped the noble Lord would cover. First, what happens when one ...; Lord Adonis | 684 c1440-1 (Link to this contribution) In respect of the websites, too, I think I can defend the schools. The noble Lord referred to a spec...; Lord Rix | 684 c1419 (Link to this contribution) I added my name to AmendmentNo. 148; for some inexplicable reason, it is not attached to Amendments ...; Baroness Williams of Crosby | 684 c1419-20 (Link to this contribution) I would like to raise one question with the Minister; it is along the lines of that raised by the no...; Lord Mackay of Clashfern | 684 c1419 (Link to this contribution) I wonder whether the funding agreements are sufficient in respect of the obligation on the colleges—...; Baroness Williams of Crosby | 684 c1416-8 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 148: Page 28, line 29, leave out ““may”” and insert ““shall”” The noble Baron...; Lord Adonis | 684 c1418-9 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may intervene early in these discussions because I think I can meet almost all the points ...; Lord Adonis | 684 c1416 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I beg to move that the House do now again resolve itself into Committee on this Bill. Mov...; Lord Lucas | 684 c1424-7 (Link to this contribution) I am delighted that the Government have introduced their amendments and that the right reverend Prel...; Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 684 c1427-9 (Link to this contribution) We have three amendments in this grouping—Amendments Nos. 162, 162A and 171B. Before I speak to them...; Lord Sutherland of Houndwood | 684 c1429 (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Baroness for giving way. Perhaps she could clarify the intentions of the amendment...; Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 684 c1429 (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Lord for his intervention. I was just coming to the timing. In the amendment, we h...; Lord Adonis | 684 c1432-4 (Link to this contribution) I shall not speak against my own amendments, which I have already addressed. I thank the right rever...; Baroness Buscombe | 684 c1429-31 (Link to this contribution) I wish to speak to Amendments Nos. 172, 173 and 174 concerning our objections to some aspects of the...; Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 684 c1434-5 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 162B: Page 29, line 44, leave out first ““of”” and insert ““and their”” The n...; Lord Adonis | 684 c1434 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 159: Page 29, line 33, after ““body”” insert ““or person”” On Question, amend...; Lord Lucas | 684 c1437-8 (Link to this contribution) I very much support what the noble Lord, Lord Skidelsky, said. There is a demand for this informatio...; Baroness Williams of Crosby | 684 c1420 (Link to this contribution) I fully accept my noble friend’s point and I apologise. I was talking specifically about my amendmen...; Lord Dearing | 684 c1420-1 (Link to this contribution) I hear the call. The amendment which I shall advocate states: "““In discharging its role a schools a...; Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 684 c1420 (Link to this contribution) Before my noble friend withdraws the amendment, there are a number of other amendments, notably Amen...; Lord Adonis | 684 c1423-4 (Link to this contribution) Let me own up to it being entirely my fault. I thought that all the amendments in the group were mov...; Baroness Buscombe | 684 c1423 (Link to this contribution) I would like to be helpful to the House and to the Minister, which is not something that I normally ...; Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 684 c1422 (Link to this contribution) I endorse what the noble Lord, Lord Dearing, has said, particularly the point about the well-being o...; Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 684 c1421-2 (Link to this contribution) I endorse very much what the noble Lord, Lord Dearing, said. My name and that of my noble friend Lad...; Bishop of Peterborough | 684 c1424 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister very much for introducing these amendments. As he said, they are in response to...; Lord Adonis | 684 c1424 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 158: Page 29, line 19, after ““bodies”” insert ““or persons”” The noble Lord ...; Baroness Williams of Crosby | 684 c1424 (Link to this contribution) I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. [Amendments Nos. 148A to 15...; Earl of Listowel | 684 c1439 (Link to this contribution) Sir Alan Steer, in Learning Behaviour: The Report of the Practitioners' Group on School Behaviour an...; Baroness Scott of Needham Market | 684 c1439-40 (Link to this contribution) I shall speak briefly in view of the hour. As a rule, as a former member of a local authority, I tak...; Baroness Buscombe | 684 c1438-9 (Link to this contribution) I support the amendment tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Skidelsky. One thing that he said that is so ...; Lord Adonis | 684 c1419 (Link to this contribution) My advice is that they have those powers under the arrangements set out in the funding agreements. I...; Lord Skidelsky | 684 c1435-7 (Link to this contribution) I speak to Amendment No. 163A standing in my name. It is a constructive amendment, designed to stren...; Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 684 c1442 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful both to the Minister for replying to the various queries and to all noble Lords who pa...
Subjects: Travel Access Disability Children Assessments Admissions Curriculum Appeals Bus services City technology colleges Governing bodies Faith schools Languages Health education Internet History Local education authorities Standards Regulation Transport Schools Special educational needs School choice Secondary education Vocational education Science GCSE Geography Academies
Legislation: Education and Inspections Bill 2005-06
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Education and Inspections Bill

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