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Debate on bill on Tuesday, 17 October 2006, in the House of Lords.

Education and Inspections Bill

Education and Inspections Bill. Lords Report stage first day.

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Parliamentary proceeding
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685 c651-742 
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2005-06
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Report stage
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House of Lords chamber
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Lord Baker of Dorking | 685 c700-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Amendment No. 16 stands in my name and those of the noble Baroness, Lady Massey, and the n...
Bishop of Portsmouth | 685 c697-700 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 9: Page 3, line 32, at end insert- ““( ) No person may be appointed as a schoo...
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Bishop of Portsmouth | 685 c702 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is25 per cent, and I speak, I hope, as a mathematician.
Lord Adonis | 685 c696 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall certainly consider that. I believe that there may be a case for it, and I would be...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 685 c696 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, could that also be extended to cover the case where there is no parent and yet the need fo...
Lord Adonis | 685 c696 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall certainly do that. If we were to make a change of the kind suggested by the noble ...
Baroness Turner of Camden | 685 c696-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for his sympathetic response to this interesting debate and I thank n...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 685 c695 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, will the Minister confirm that what he is talking about would also apply to the mentor of ...
Lord Adonis | 685 c695-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in respect of looked-after children, the guidance says: "““In cases where a [looked-after ...
Lord Elton | 685 c696 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, will the Minister, in his own time, consider whether it is possible to get a mentor into t...
Baroness Walmsley | 685 c688-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support the noble Baroness, Lady Turner, on Amendment No. 8 and have added my name to it...
Baroness Turner of Camden | 685 c686-8 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 8: After Clause 4, insert the following new clause- ““CONSULTATION WITH PUPILS...
Lord Dearing | 685 c690 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I warmly support the amendment tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Turner, on listening to ...
Lord Northbourne | 685 c690 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the need to listen to the voice of the child is a fashionable concept these days and is ve...
Baroness David | 685 c691 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, support the amendment moved by my noble friend Lady Turner. I shall repeat what I ...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 685 c690-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I also very much support the amendments. One increasingly sees the value of consulting the...
Lord Elton | 685 c691-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I want to say a word in support of the contribution of the noble Lord, Lord Dearing. One t...
Lord Adonis | 685 c692-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this has been an immensely valuable debate. I begin by saying that, if the noble Lord, Lor...
Baroness Turner of Camden | 685 c695 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does that also include a right at appeal? Is the emphasis on the agreement of the parent? ...
Lord Adonis | 685 c695 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I believe that is true also for appeal hearings, but I shall confirm that to my noble frie...
Baroness Buscombe | 685 c675-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for her intervention, but I think that she did say that. It was...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 685 c682-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I agree with my noble friend Lord Dearing that the words are not quite accurate, but the i...
Lord Northbourne | 685 c682 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support the amendments and echo every word that my noble friend Lord Dearing has said. H...
Lord Dearing | 685 c681-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have added my name to Amendment No. 6; I wish I had added it also to Amendments Nos. 70 ...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 685 c678-81 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 6: Page 2, line 16, at end insert ““, and ““(c) ensuring that the schools in i...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 685 c685 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his response. I am also most grateful to all noble Lords...
Lord Dearing | 685 c685 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I was very reassured by what the Minister said on Amendments Nos. 6 and 80. On Amendment N...
Lord Hylton | 685 c683 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support all three amendments in this group, but I address Amendment No. 80 in particular...
Lord Adonis | 685 c683-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I hope that I can give the reassurance that noble Lords seek on these amendments. I very m...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 685 c685 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we may bring back an amendment at Third Reading that picks up one or two of these points, ...
Baroness Buscombe | 685 c665-7 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 4: Page 2, line 14, at end insert- ““( ) encouraging all schools to become fou...
Lord Lucas | 685 c665 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I entirely agree with the Minister—the noble Baroness, Lady Morris, carried the day. It wa...
Baroness Carnegy of Lour | 685 c669-70 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have not entered into any of the debates so far on the Bill because I live north of the ...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 685 c667-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments Nos. 12, to 15, in my name and that of my noble friend Lady Wa...
Baroness Buscombe | 685 c675 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I begin by agreeing with the Minister. I am sure that I speak for all noble Lords when I s...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 685 c675 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not think that I said that schools were there to serve the local education authority—...
Lord Sutherland of Houndwood | 685 c670 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, tempted as I am to speak about Scottish education, I shall resist. I support Amendment No....
Baroness Morris of Yardley | 685 c671-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I speak against Amendment No. 4. The picture of the English education system described by ...
Lord Lucas | 685 c672-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Baroness answered herself in her previous contribution when she successfully out...
Lord Adonis | 685 c673-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the House is grateful to the noble Baronesses, Lady Sharp and Lady Buscombe, for coming ba...
Lord Lucas | 685 c659 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 3: Page 2, line 2, leave out ““educational”” The noble Lord said: My Lords, I...
Lord Judd | 685 c658-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am very grateful again to the Minister for his considered and full reply to the points t...
Lord Adonis | 685 c665 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am glad to say that I have completed my remarks.
Lord Adonis | 685 c663-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Clauses 1 to 4 are grounded on the principle that every child deserves a good education re...
Baroness Walmsley | 685 c665 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have moved Amendments Nos. 84 and 85 to a later group, so if the Minister intended to c...
Lord Sutherland of Houndwood | 685 c663 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support all the sentiments which imply that we must focus on the child as a whole being ...
Lord Northbourne | 685 c661 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support all the amendments in the group. This raises a fundamental question about what e...
Baroness Morris of Yardley | 685 c661-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support the amendments, particularly Amendments Nos. 55 and 56. In doing so, I declare a...
Baroness Walmsley | 685 c653-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support the noble Lord, Lord Judd, on Amendments Nos. 1 and 2, to which I have put my na...
Lord Judd | 685 c651-3 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 1: Page 1, line 5, after ““Duty”” insert ““to secure the right to education an...
Baroness David | 685 c655 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support these three amendments too. Yesterday, I received a letter from UNICEF reminding...
Lord Northbourne | 685 c654-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support all three amendments. I did not have the benefit of seeing the letter sent to th...
Lord Adonis | 685 c655-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I hope that I am not guilty of becoming a prisoner of institutional Whitehall. Most of my ...
Baroness Buscombe | 685 c655 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, these Benches think Amendment No. 7 unnecessary for two reasons. First, a duty already exi...
Baroness Blood | 685 c720 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as chair of Integrated Education in Northern Ireland, I shall resist the temptation of the...
Baroness Carnegy of Lour | 685 c720-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am encouraged to follow the noble Baroness and to agree very much with her. I support th...
Lord Sutherland of Houndwood | 685 c721-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, gales of belief have been blowing around this Chamber tonight—the beliefs of those who are...
Baroness Turner of Camden | 685 c722-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I would like to speak to Amendment No. 79, because I have a series of amendments to that g...
Baroness Richardson of Calow | 685 c716-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am making a great effort not to be tempted to defend the Christian Church. I shall speak...
Earl of Onslow | 685 c717 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my noble friend Lord Baker’s plea for inclusion was very heartfelt and immensely important...
Lord Tombs | 685 c718 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, first, I want to associate myself with the remarks made by my noble friend Lord Alton, who...
Bishop of Newcastle | 685 c718-20 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the last thing I want to do is to make any kind of grand or grandiose claims on behalf of ...
Lord Skidelsky | 685 c713-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I want to support Amendment No. 16, to which I have appended my name. Therefore I do not a...
Lord Taverne | 685 c714-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have put my name to the amendment tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Baker, who spoke to it ...
Baroness Buscombe | 685 c732-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this has been a fascinating, wide-ranging and well informed debate that confirms the disti...
Baroness Turner of Camden | 685 c731 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, is the noble Baroness not aware that that is already available to parents? Parents can rem...
Baroness Walmsley | 685 c731 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am well aware of that. A comment that may be more welcome to the noble Baroness, Lady Tu...
Lord Avebury | 685 c731 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, could my noble friend explain why she does not think that religious education up to age 15...
Baroness Walmsley | 685 c731 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, if my noble friend is asking me why I do not support the Gillick principle, I shall come t...
Lord Dearing | 685 c727-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I would like, if I might, to give a practical welcome to the right reverend Prelate the Bi...
Baroness Walmsley | 685 c728-31 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I think that the feeling of the House may be that we should move to a conclusion, so I ven...
Lord Elton | 685 c726-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall be brief because it is high time the right reverend Prelate had a break from this,...
Baroness David | 685 c727 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, what do the Minister and his department think about the number of additional schools, ment...
Baroness Massey of Darwen | 685 c708 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I was not talking about denying people religious education; I was talking about collective...
Lord Alton of Liverpool | 685 c708-12 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before the noble Baroness touched on that point, she mentioned what she described as the v...
Baroness Massey of Darwen | 685 c706-7 (Link to this contribution) Yes there is, my Lords. Some 70 per cent of secondary schools do not comply with conducting an act o...
Lord Alton of Liverpool | 685 c707-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Massey, has just mentioned the relevance of religion in society t...
Lord Waddington | 685 c712-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will just make two short points. I find myself in broad agreement with the noble Lord, L...
Lord Baker of Dorking | 685 c702-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the right reverend Prelate says 25 per cent but Hansard will reveal that he said ““20 per ...
Baroness Massey of Darwen | 685 c704-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support the amendment proposed by the noble Lord, Lord Baker, and join him in welcoming ...
Lord Baker of Dorking | 685 c704 (Link to this contribution) That is their choice. I say to the leaders of the Muslim community: is it really wise to promote th...
Bishop of Portsmouth | 685 c740-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a great pleasure for me to say that I had a good lunch, and look forward to having a...
Baroness Crawley | 685 c742 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I beg to move that consideration on Report be now adjourned. It has been agreed not to res...
Lord Adonis | 685 c736-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I accept that the noble Baroness does not, but I think that there is broad support from ot...
Lord Baker of Dorking | 685 c739-40 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I want to thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this quite remarkable debate. We have h...
Lord Adonis | 685 c735-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this debate has covered such a wide range of issues that, to do them all justice, I would ...
Baroness Buscombe | 685 c736 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am loath to intervene, but, perhaps because I was speaking at 90 miles an hour, I should...
Baroness Walmsley | 685 c659-61 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments Nos. 55 and 56, which are grouped with those of the noble Lord...
Lord Dearing | 685 c663 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall speak briefly in support of the noble Lord, Lord Sutherland. Schools exist primari...
Lord Avebury | 685 c724-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a pity that the Minister’s amendment was not grouped separately so that we could hav...
Subjects
Children Accountability Admissions Discipline Disadvantaged Community development Applications Children's rights Community schools Cooperation Collective worship Education Governing bodies Faith schools Pupil exclusions Local education authorities Pupils Scotland Standards Schools School choice School councils
Legislation
Education and Inspections Bill 2005-06
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