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Debate on bill on Tuesday, 24 October 2006, in the House of Lords.

Education and Inspections Bill

Education and Inspections Bill. Lords Report stage. Part 1 of 2 records.

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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
685 c1089-157 
Session
2005-06
Department
Department for Education and Skills
Legislative stage
Report stage
Procedure
New clauses
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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Proceeding contributions
Baroness Crawley | 685 c1157 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I beg to move that consideration on Report be now adjourned. In moving the Motion, I sugge...
Lord Wedderburn of Charlton | 685 c1144 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Minister may not know that I was not present on that day for medical reasons. Does he ...
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Lord Adonis | 685 c1144 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, there was a proper debate. The noble Lord takes, I fear, a different view of the matter. A...
Baroness Deech | 685 c1143 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am in favour of the new clause from personal experience. I was a minority child in a fai...
Lord Adonis | 685 c1143-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I find myself replying twice to the same debate. Although the noble Lord, Lord Wedderburn,...
Lord Dearing | 685 c1142-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I guess that none of us is going to be persuaded very much by what has been said, so I, to...
Bishop of Peterborough | 685 c1142 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, will be brief. It will not surprise the noble Baroness that I do not feel able to ...
Lord Alton of Liverpool | 685 c1142 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not think your Lordships will want me to go into great detail about The God Delusion ...
Lord Wedderburn of Charlton | 685 c1141-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before the noble Lord sits down, perhaps I may ask him a question. I preface it by saying ...
Lord Alton of Liverpool | 685 c1140-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, because of the uncoupling of these amendments we are revisiting issues that we discussed l...
Baroness Turner of Camden | 685 c1139-40 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have put my name to this amendment and I support my noble friends who have spoken. It is...
Lord Adonis | 685 c1150-1 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 108: Page 59, line 17, leave out ““and 11”” and insert ““, 11 and 11A”” The n...
Bishop of Peterborough | 685 c1151-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we on these Benches are grateful to the Minister for these amendments, which, as he said, ...
Baroness David | 685 c1152 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, how many schools are likely to fall within the two but not morethan 15 miles provision? I ...
Baroness Darcy de Knayth | 685 c1148-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support all the amendments in this group. The first three are essential if young adult d...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 685 c1145-8 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 105: Page 55, line 15, leave out ““19”” and insert ““25”” The noble Baroness ...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 685 c1150 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his reply. I understand the distinction between the two ...
Lord Adonis | 685 c1149-50 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Amendments Nos. 105, 106 and 107 relate to the entitlements in Clause 72, entitlements whi...
Lord Wedderburn of Charlton | 685 c1144 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, will the noble Lord tell us what the question was?
Baroness Massey of Darwen | 685 c1145 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank my noble friend for that reply, and all who have taken part in the debate. We have...
Lord Adonis | 685 c1145 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it was to find out people’s self-identification of their religion. In respect of the broa...
Baroness Buscombe | 685 c1116-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for his response. I accept that there is a critical shortage of prope...
Baroness Walmsley | 685 c1117 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sorry to interrupt the noble Baroness in her winding-up, but I thought that I had ind...
Baroness Walmsley | 685 c1114 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sorry to interrupt the Minister but we need a little clarification on these Benches w...
Lord Adonis | 685 c1114-6 (Link to this contribution) No, my Lords, absolutely not. I shall come to the issue of the three individual sciences in a moment...
Baroness Buscombe | 685 c1117 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that is a great pity. We are denying more than half of children who are learning science i...
Baroness Buscombe | 685 c1120-2 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 98: Page 52, line 27, at end insert- ““(6A) The governing body of a maintained...
Lord Adonis | 685 c1113-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this has been an immensely useful debate. I should like to say to the noble Lord, Lord Jen...
Lord Lewis of Newnham | 685 c1112-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I should like to add one or two points. I agree with quite a lot of the discussion that ha...
Lord Sutherland of Houndwood | 685 c1112 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, there are clearly educational needs for at least two kinds of course in this area. One is ...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 685 c1131 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, will students who have taken the GCSE route have the opportunity of doing a diploma route ...
Lord Adonis | 685 c1131-2 (Link to this contribution) Absolutely, my Lords; they have that option and it may be appropriate. We strongly encourage that th...
Baroness Buscombe | 685 c1132-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for his reply. I welcome his response on Amendment No. 102, which rel...
Baroness Massey of Darwen | 685 c1135-7 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 104: After Clause 71, insert the following new clause- ““REQUIREMENTS RELATING...
Lord Wedderburn of Charlton | 685 c1137-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support Amendment No. 104, in accordance with paragraph 6.54 of the Companion, because t...
Lord Alton of Liverpool | 685 c1122-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I associate myself with the remarks of the noble Baroness, Lady Buscombe, regarding the IG...
Lord Northbourne | 685 c1127 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support my noble friend Lord Alton. I draw attention to the fact that the argument that ...
Baroness Whitaker | 685 c1126-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support Amendment No. 103 to encourage the use of the international baccalaureate. My in...
Lord Adonis | 685 c1128-31 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Amendment No. 98 would give governing bodies the power to introduce IGCSE courses in Engli...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 685 c1127-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in speaking to Amendment No. 100, in my name and that of my noble friend Lady Walmsley, I ...
Baroness Walmsley | 685 c1156 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am most grateful to the noble Lord. I am sorry if I did not explain it well enough the f...
Lord Adonis | 685 c1156 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I think that I now understand the point that the noble Baroness is making. It may be that ...
Lord Adonis | 685 c1152 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 111 and 112: Page 210, line 40, after ““11”” insert ““, 11A”” Page 210, li...
Lord Adonis | 685 c1152 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 116: Page 68, line 27, leave out ““a sample of the”” On Question, amendment a...
Lord Adonis | 685 c1152 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, alas, I do not have that information in my briefing, but I shall get back to my noble frie...
Lord Adonis | 685 c1152 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 109 and 110: Page 207, line 18, at end insert- ““11A A child falls within th...
Lord Adonis | 685 c1154-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the issue of bullying in schools is immensely important, and we accept that a great deal m...
Baroness Walmsley | 685 c1155-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am most grateful to the Minister for that, and I look forward with great anticipation to...
Baroness Walmsley | 685 c1153-4 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 118: After Clause 87, insert the following new clause- ““PREVENTION OF BULLYIN...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 685 c1154 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, though we had considerable reassurance from the Minister, there really is a case for makin...
Lord Hylton | 685 c1099 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have heard several eloquent speeches in favour of the first two amendments. I shall sup...
Baroness Howarth of Breckland | 685 c1099 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support Amendments Nos. 91A and 91B and, very briefly, want to add another dimension. I ...
Lord Wedderburn of Charlton | 685 c1101 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I asked the Minister which were the subjects for which an equally forceful argument could ...
Lord Adonis | 685 c1101 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am not sure that I should continue giving way, as we are on Report. The noble Lord has h...
Lord Adonis | 685 c1101-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, other noble Lords have argued that the case for other subjects is equally strong. The nobl...
Baroness Crawley | 685 c1101 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I remind noble Lords that we are on Report. Noble Lords had a good chance to speak before ...
Lord Wedderburn of Charlton | 685 c1100 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, will the Minister clarify what he meant by ““the other subjects”” for which, as I took it,...
Lord Adonis | 685 c1099-100 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall first deal with Amendment No. 92, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Northbourne,...
Lord Adonis | 685 c1100-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we shall debate next the amendments of the noble Baroness, Lady Buscombe, on science. The ...
Lord Northbourne | 685 c1105 (Link to this contribution) had given notice of his intention to move Amendment No. 92: Page 52, line 12, at end insert- ““(za...
Lord Adonis | 685 c1105 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall be delighted to meet the noble Lord. [Amendment No. 92 not moved.] [Amendments N...
Baroness Walmsley | 685 c1102-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for his reply and all other noble Lords for their supportive remarks....
Lord Dearing | 685 c1111-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I confess that I lack any expertise in this area and my mind is rather transfixed on moder...
Baroness Warnock | 685 c1110 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I very much support the amendment. I find myself extremely confused. In the letter just re...
Lord Jenkin of Roding | 685 c1109-10 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not think that there is much difference between my noble friend and me on that. What ...
Baroness Buscombe | 685 c1109 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I want to intervene briefly, as my noble friend has suggested that I am wrong. I hope that...
Lord Jenkin of Roding | 685 c1108-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I apologise to the House because this is the first time I have addressed it on the Educati...
Baroness Walmsley | 685 c1107-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we are minded to support this amendment. We accept that it does not make all three science...
Baroness Buscombe | 685 c1105-7 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 95: Page 52, line 22, at end insert- ““( ) A pupil in the fourth key stage is ...
Lord Adonis | 685 c1089 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I beg to move that the Bill be now further considered on Report. Moved accordingly, and, ...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 685 c1098 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have listened to the admirable speeches that have been made on this subject and, even if...
Lord Northbourne | 685 c1092-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support Amendments Nos. 91A and 91B and shall speak to Amendment No. 92. Unfortunately, ...
Baroness Walmsley | 685 c1089-92 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am most grateful to the noble Countess, Lady Mar. When we debated this matter in Commit...
Countess of Mar | 685 c1089 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Companion to the Standing Orders states that noble Lords should leave the Chamber quie...
Baroness Walmsley | 685 c1089 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 91A: Before Clause 71, insert the following new clause- ““FOUNDATION SUBJECT F...
Lord Wedderburn of Charlton | 685 c1098 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does my noble friend agree that to her five admirable requirements should be added a sixth...
Baroness Massey of Darwen | 685 c1097-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support the amendments. There have already been many excellent speeches so I shall not t...
Lord Fowler | 685 c1095-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support AmendmentNo. 91A and agree with what the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley, has said...
Baroness Gould of Potternewton | 685 c1093-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support Amendments Nos. 91A and 91B on the need to make PSHE statutory in the national c...
Earl of Listowel | 685 c1113 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I should like to put a question to the Minister. I was a schoolboy science enthusiast and ...
Subjects
Disability Bullying Curriculum Collective worship Chemistry Fees and charges Homosexuality Education Governing bodies Local government Qualifications Low incomes Local education authorities Personal, social, health and economic education Standards Schools Training Religion Transport Vocational education Science GCSE International baccalaureate Biology Physics GCE AS-level Humanism Relationships and sex education
Legislation
Education and Inspections Bill 2005-06
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