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Education and Inspections Bill

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Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

451 c479-549 

Session

2005-06

Department

Department for Education and Skills

Legislative stage

Lords amendments

Procedure

Programme motions

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

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Education and Inspections Bill. Lords amendments.
Tuesday, 31 October 2006
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Proceeding contributions

Annette Brooke | 451 c486 (Link to this contribution) I wanted to speak about these amendments because I have been involved in the promotion of children’s...

David Drew | 451 c485-6 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the compromise that has broken out in this Chamber and in the other place. I wish that we ...

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Annette Brooke | 451 c486-7 (Link to this contribution) I suppose that, as a matter of courtesy, I should thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention—not ...

Philip Davies | 451 c486 (Link to this contribution) There is consensus on the amendments, but is the hon. Lady at all concerned that requirements for sc...

Alan Johnson | 451 c482-3 (Link to this contribution) That is an important point. No, that will not apply to admissions. I will come on to say what it wil...

Lord Willetts | 451 c483-5 (Link to this contribution) I was taken by surprise by the speed with which the Secretary of State came to his conclusion. I hop...

Khalid Mahmood | 451 c485 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman talks about the higher level of achievement of maintained faith schools. Does he ...

Lord Willetts | 451 c485 (Link to this contribution) That is something that faith schools and schools with no particular faith identity have been known t...

Alan Johnson | 451 c482 (Link to this contribution) I do not think so. I appreciate that my hon. Friend takes a great interest in those matters, but I e...

Philip Davies | 451 c482 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State has been generous in giving way. What does promotion of community cohesion me...

Ken Purchase | 451 c482 (Link to this contribution) Does not it strike my right hon. Friend that it is absurd to enter into a voluntary agreement whereb...

Alan Johnson | 451 c481-2 (Link to this contribution) Yes. One of the amendments that we shall discuss later would allow pupils who reach the sixth form t...

Ken Purchase | 451 c481 (Link to this contribution) I am also pleased that the Secretary of State has rowed back from his position of compulsion. All ch...

Alan Johnson | 451 c481 (Link to this contribution) The term does not include academies in that the arrangements that apply to maintained schools do not...

Baroness Teather | 451 c481 (Link to this contribution) Before the Secretary of State describes the background to the Government’s decision to support the a...

Siobhain McDonagh | 451 c480 (Link to this contribution) I thank my right hon. Friend for listening to the concerns of Members of Parliament of all parties a...

Alan Johnson | 451 c480 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for those comments and the vigorous, but always polite and comradely discussi...

Speaker | 451 c480 (Link to this contribution) With this we may discuss Lords amendments Nos. 31, 32, 62 and 233.

Alan Johnson | 451 c480 (Link to this contribution) I shall deal first with amendments Nos. 30, 31 and 32, which introduce a new duty on governing bodie...

Alan Johnson | 451 c480 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That this House agrees with the Lords in the said amendment.

David Drew | 451 c488 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend chides me in the nicest possible way, but I know of no school that chooses to propaga...

David Chaytor | 451 c488 (Link to this contribution) It is important to note that the Government have listened to the representations on the promotion of...

Khalid Mahmood | 451 c489-90 (Link to this contribution) Many hon. Members have spoken about faith schools and I shall do so, too, but first I wish to discus...

David Chaytor | 451 c488-9 (Link to this contribution) The issue is a difficult one. At some point, if not today, the Government and the major faiths need ...

Ken Purchase | 451 c487 (Link to this contribution) There are two questions arising from the amendments on which I seek assurances and answers from the ...

Ken Purchase | 451 c488 (Link to this contribution) We have an unlikely coalition being formed here. The fact is that we need to know those things at a ...

Philip Davies | 451 c487-8 (Link to this contribution) I agree wholeheartedly with the hon. Gentleman’s comments on community cohesion. Does he agree that,...

Alan Johnson | 451 c490 (Link to this contribution) I shall deal with some of the questions that were raised before turning to the wider issues—how comm...

Alan Johnson | 451 c491 (Link to this contribution) That would have been slightly perverse. We were looking to see how faith groups could integrate bett...

Nick Gibb | 451 c493-4 (Link to this contribution) We welcome the amendment, which will support the choices of less well-off parents who want to choose...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c493 (Link to this contribution) Lords amendments Nos. 53 and 218 to 221 extend the provisions for free school travel for low income ...

Speaker | 451 c493 (Link to this contribution) With this it will be convenient to take Lords amendments Nos. 84 and 218 to 222.

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c493 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That this House agrees with the Lords in the said amendment.

Alan Johnson | 451 c492-3 (Link to this contribution) I do not think that my hon. Friend can support an argument that faith schools have worse results as ...

Ken Purchase | 451 c492 (Link to this contribution) Does the Secretary of State accept that this is a multi-layered matter? There are compelling pieces ...

Alan Johnson | 451 c491-2 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend raises a good point. No, I was not saying that. I was saying that it would have been ...

Roger Berry | 451 c491 (Link to this contribution) Is my right hon. Friend saying that he believes that the National Secular Society, for example, has ...

Evan Harris | 451 c494 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is right, although that has always been the case in law, as has been shown in a c...

Nick Gibb | 451 c494 (Link to this contribution) I always regard guidance as a form of tertiary legislation that has no scrutiny in the House, and pr...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c496 (Link to this contribution) On that last point, I hope that I can reassure the hon. Member for Oxford, West and Abingdon (Dr. Ha...

Evan Harris | 451 c495-6 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to have caught your eye, Madam Deputy Speaker. I want to add a question for the Minist...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c496 (Link to this contribution) Cost was certainly a factor when we were considering whether to extend the distance to 15 miles or t...

Barry Sheerman | 451 c496 (Link to this contribution) One thing that is not clear from my reading of the proceedings on the Bill in another place is the q...

Evan Harris | 451 c496 (Link to this contribution) May I record my thanks to the Minister for his commitment on the guidance? Would he be kind enough t...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c497 (Link to this contribution) Obviously, we keep that issue under review, and I would be happy to have a longer conversation with ...

Barry Sheerman | 451 c497 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the figure that the Minister gave us on the extra cost of school transport. Local ...

Annette Brooke | 451 c495 (Link to this contribution) I have very little to add to what the hon. Member for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton (Mr. Gibb) has ...

Barry Sheerman | 451 c497 (Link to this contribution) Is the Minister saying that he views with equanimity a dramatic shift of girls into single-sex educa...

Jeremy Corbyn | 451 c500 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes an important point, but I hope that he does not want us to move towards exc...

Evan Harris | 451 c498-500 (Link to this contribution) I want to speak to amendments (a) and (b) tabled by me and by Members from both sides of the House, ...

Speaker | 451 c498 (Link to this contribution) With this we may consider amendments (a) to (c) thereto, and Lords amendments Nos. 54, 65, 78, 81, 2...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c497 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That this House agrees with the Lords in the said amendment.

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c502 (Link to this contribution) I will address my hon. Friend’s important point when I talk about the issue of competence, which is ...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c501 (Link to this contribution) The issues raised by the hon. Gentleman have already been debated in another place, as he said. The ...

Evan Harris | 451 c500-1 (Link to this contribution) I agree with the hon. Gentleman, and I thought that I had made the point that if education of that k...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c497 (Link to this contribution) I think my hon. Friend the Member for Huddersfield (Mr. Sheerman) and I will continue that conversat...

Speaker | 451 c497 (Link to this contribution) Order. This group of amendments relates to school travel.

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c510 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That this House agrees with the Lords in the said amendment.

Speaker | 451 c510 (Link to this contribution) With this it will be convenient to discuss Lords amendments Nos. 74 and 236.

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c510 (Link to this contribution) Clause 37 was tabled by the Government at Lords Report stage of the Bill in response to amendments w...

John Hayes | 451 c509 (Link to this contribution) I said that there was a difference between people of different ages. As a House, we make a judgment ...

Ken Purchase | 451 c509 (Link to this contribution) I do not wish to make the hon. Gentleman’s argument more difficult than it is already. But given tha...

John Hayes | 451 c509 (Link to this contribution) That is a point about how religious education is taught and its nature, as well as about the staff a...

Evan Harris | 451 c509-10 (Link to this contribution) Despite the Government giving nothing other than pragmatic grounds for opposing the Joint Committee’...

Evan Harris | 451 c508 (Link to this contribution) I do not want to prolong the debate, but the reason maths and physics are different is that, accordi...

Roger Berry | 451 c509 (Link to this contribution) If that is the case, why is the hon. Gentleman supporting the amendment? I support it—it is a step f...

John Hayes | 451 c509 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is wrong; many aspects of the curriculum involved in imparting ideas and stimulat...

Roger Berry | 451 c508 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

John Hayes | 451 c508 (Link to this contribution) Isn’t the debate getting lively?

Evan Harris | 451 c508 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Ken Purchase | 451 c508 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Paul Robert Holmes | 451 c508 (Link to this contribution) I was a teacher when the Education Act 1988 came into force. A friend of mine, a member of the senio...

John Hayes | 451 c508 (Link to this contribution) I support the amendment, which says that people over the age of 16 should have the right to withdraw...

Evan Harris | 451 c507 (Link to this contribution) Compulsory worship.

John Hayes | 451 c507-8 (Link to this contribution) Or worship. The hon. Gentleman might find that if his proposal were accepted, people would be allowe...

John Hayes | 451 c507 (Link to this contribution) One might want to consider changing the law in respect of whether the act of worship should be mainl...

Evan Harris | 451 c507 (Link to this contribution) When the hon. Gentleman’s party reaffirmed the compulsory act of worship in statute in 1988, the Lab...

Evan Harris | 451 c505 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for her helpful and constructive approach to the issue. Does she agr...

Baroness Teather | 451 c505-6 (Link to this contribution) I will not get involved in the issue of booking seats in the House, which is far more controversial ...

John Hayes | 451 c506 (Link to this contribution) As we have all heard, Lords amendment No. 46 gives sixth formers the right to opt out of collective ...

John Hayes | 451 c506 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Member for Islington, North (Jeremy Corbyn) made the same point. Paraphrasing Coleridge, he...

Jeremy Corbyn | 451 c506 (Link to this contribution) Coleridge derived his inspiration from walking around my part of north London.

Stephen Pound | 451 c506 (Link to this contribution) And from opium.

Jeremy Corbyn | 451 c506-7 (Link to this contribution) And some other substances as well, I understand. Surely there is a difference between a compulsoril...

John Hayes | 451 c507 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is right: those two things are different. The important point to understand, howe...

Paul Robert Holmes | 451 c502 (Link to this contribution) The Minister has not responded to a point made by my hon. Friend the Member for Oxford, West and Abi...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c503 (Link to this contribution) It is important that children learn about all beliefs as well as non-religious beliefs in RE. I am n...

Evan Harris | 451 c502 (Link to this contribution) Why do we need a parental opt-out if religious education is taught in a balanced and responsible way...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c502 (Link to this contribution) To some extent, the opt-out was left over from the days of religious instruction, but I support it n...

Evan Harris | 451 c503-4 (Link to this contribution) I do not think that the age of consent is the correct human rights comparison. Human rights measures...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c504 (Link to this contribution) Clearly, that is not my area of competence. However, such work takes place with individuals, whereas...

Jeremy Corbyn | 451 c503 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his earlier comments, but is he confident that the general consensus in the...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c503 (Link to this contribution) In our earlier debate on Ofsted inspections and community cohesion, the Secretary of State referred ...

Greg Knight | 451 c505 (Link to this contribution) I am happy enough to keep it under review, along with a number of other issues. This case, however, ...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c518 (Link to this contribution) I shall certainly put the letters in the Library of the House, so that everyone can scrutinise them....

Evan Harris | 451 c517 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister make available to the House the letters that he has received from the GMB and Unis...

Evan Harris | 451 c516 (Link to this contribution) Can the Minister explain why he did not refer to the genuine occupational requirement in the Bill? T...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c516 (Link to this contribution) We certainly do not envisage anyone’s career being wrecked by the amendment. The governing legislati...

Judy Mallaber | 451 c516-7 (Link to this contribution) It is unfortunate that this issue has not been discussed and agreed with the unions before we reache...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c517 (Link to this contribution) We will certainly seek to define the matter as carefully and closely as we can in regulation. I agre...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c515 (Link to this contribution) We will obviously seek to make the regulations as clear as we possibly can. I am not a lawyer, and s...

Jeremy Corbyn | 451 c515-6 (Link to this contribution) In a former life I used to be a union organiser, dealing with the school meals service and school cl...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c516 (Link to this contribution) I may have confused the House and I apologise if that is the case. I said that we would have to have...

Judy Mallaber | 451 c515 (Link to this contribution) Can my hon. Friend assure me that the regulations will be written in a comprehensible form, because ...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c515 (Link to this contribution) I detect my hon. Friend’s desire to intervene.

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c514-5 (Link to this contribution) I will come to the genuine occupational requirement in a moment, when I am allowed to return to my p...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c514 (Link to this contribution) I am not necessarily saying that at all. Our concern in introducing this provision is that there may...

Judy Mallaber | 451 c514 (Link to this contribution) Further to the previous intervention, will my hon. Friend clarify what will count as a genuine occup...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c513 (Link to this contribution) I will give way one more time, but I would like to make some progress.

Paul Robert Holmes | 451 c513-4 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister clarify the position of support staff? I was a teacher for 22 years and I have bee...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c513 (Link to this contribution) I will deal fully with that issue later, but I repeat that we do not propose to apply this provision...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c512-3 (Link to this contribution) Amendment No. 29 inserts a new clause around staff at foundation or voluntary schools with a religio...

Judy Mallaber | 451 c512 (Link to this contribution) Can my hon. Friend clarify where exactly that is? I cannot see those words in amendment No. 29.

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c513 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend. We are not saying that they should be reserved positions, but that ...

Jeremy Corbyn | 451 c513 (Link to this contribution) Before my hon. Friend goes on to deal with support staff, I wish to raise a point on head teachers. ...

Evan Harris | 451 c513 (Link to this contribution) Before the Minister leaves the subject of head teachers, he needs to be aware of exactly what he is ...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c511-2 (Link to this contribution) I cannot give my hon. Friend an accurate answer to his question on consultation with the NAHT. We ha...

Evan Harris | 451 c512 (Link to this contribution) Does the Minister accept that even if he does not think that the numbers would be great, this would ...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c512 (Link to this contribution) It is the case, but it is the case already. A voluntary controlled foundation school already can hav...

Ken Purchase | 451 c512 (Link to this contribution) But does that not get to the point? When we agreed in 1998 that we would go for the 20 per cent. pro...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c512 (Link to this contribution) I apologise to my hon. Friend because I clearly have not been clear enough. There is no mission cree...

Ken Purchase | 451 c511 (Link to this contribution) I have a small point to make. On the question of a head teacher teaching religion, and on his or her...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c511 (Link to this contribution) I shall give way to my hon. Friend the Member for Wolverhampton, North-East (Mr. Purchase) first.

Roger Berry | 451 c511 (Link to this contribution) Given that this measure would reduce the number of headships that are not subject to a faith test, w...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c511 (Link to this contribution) If the governing body—which, as I said, is not dominated by the faith group, as the majority of its ...

Evan Harris | 451 c511 (Link to this contribution) Foundation.

Evan Harris | 451 c510 (Link to this contribution) Except that there is a difference between voluntary controlled and voluntary aided schools. Will the...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c511 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman raises an important point and I shall attempt to offer clarification. A voluntary...

Jeremy Corbyn | 451 c519 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for that reply, but he leaves me slightly puzzled. The NUT is the larg...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c518-9 (Link to this contribution) We occasionally have discussions with the NUT, but everyone must acknowledge and accept that there i...

Evan Harris | 451 c519 (Link to this contribution) The NUT represents head teachers and teachers applying for headships, so the union is certainly enga...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c519 (Link to this contribution) We could have a long debate about the social partnership. We shall certainly discuss the issue with ...

Jeremy Corbyn | 451 c518 (Link to this contribution) Is my hon. Friend proposing to have one-to-one discussions, so to speak, with the NUT? He has not li...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c518 (Link to this contribution) We certainly treat the views of the work force very seriously. The work force agreement monitoring g...

Jeremy Corbyn | 451 c518 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister talk to the NUT?

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c518 (Link to this contribution) We proceed on these matters through our social partners on the work force agreement monitoring group...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c519 (Link to this contribution) No, I am not saying that. Those organisations would certainly be a part of the formal consultation o...

Judy Mallaber | 451 c519 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry to keep labouring the point, but I want to return to support staff. There are not many su...

Speaker | 451 c519 (Link to this contribution) Order. I think that will do for the time being.

John Pugh | 451 c523 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is slightly over-egging the issue in one way. As far as I can see, the propositio...

Ken Purchase | 451 c522-3 (Link to this contribution) The debate will obviously go on and on. From the outset of my brief contribution, I want to make it ...

Baroness Teather | 451 c522 (Link to this contribution) We can assume, given history, that schools would discriminate on the ground of faith. It is already ...

John Pugh | 451 c522 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend made a point about limiting the range of people who can be chosen as head teachers at...

Baroness Teather | 451 c521-2 (Link to this contribution) The exchange between the hon. Member for Kingswood (Roger Berry) and the Minister was revealing, par...

Nick Gibb | 451 c520-1 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Secretary of State for making available the letter he sent to the hon. Member for Wolver...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c519-20 (Link to this contribution) I cannot give my hon. Friend the Member for Amber Valley a definition now; I do not want to prejudge...

Evan Harris | 451 c523-5 (Link to this contribution) It is a privilege and pleasure to follow that contribution by the hon. Member for Wolverhampton, Nor...

Annette Brooke | 451 c546 (Link to this contribution) I, too, welcome the amendments. In a sense I feel rather guilty, in that we did not discuss this mat...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c547 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That this House agrees with the Lords in the said amendment.

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c546-7 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Member for Mid-Dorset and North Poole (Annette Brooke) for her comments in...

Speaker | 451 c547 (Link to this contribution) With this we may consider Lords amendments Nos. 5, 55 to 61, 63, 64, 66 to 68, 70, 73, 80, 82, 223 t...

Nick Gibb | 451 c547-8 (Link to this contribution) I would like to thank the Minister, who stepped into the proceedings on the Bill part way through, a...

Baroness Teather | 451 c548-9 (Link to this contribution) I, too, shall begin by making a few general remarks. I thank the Minister and his officials—especial...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c549 (Link to this contribution) For a while, I thought that I would have something to add, but it now appears that I do not. Lords ...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c542 (Link to this contribution) I offer the hon. Lady the reassurance that the regulations will be subject to our normal consultatio...

Baroness Teather | 451 c542 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his assurances. I hope that the consultation, in contrast to the consultati...

Speaker | 451 c544 (Link to this contribution) Order. We are straying wide of the amendment. I have allowed some latitude, but perhaps the hon. Gen...

John Hayes | 451 c544 (Link to this contribution) It is a welcome change of heart. The orthodoxy after Warnock—and after an Act that was passed, I hav...

John Hayes | 451 c544 (Link to this contribution) Schools in my constituency that have children integrated into the mainstream will welcome having a s...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c542-3 (Link to this contribution) The special educational needs co-ordinator in schools—SENCO—plays a central role in good SEN provisi...

Speaker | 451 c542 (Link to this contribution) With this it will be convenient to take Lords amendments Nos. 72 and 83.

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c543-4 (Link to this contribution) I do not wish to start a protracted debate, particularly when we are restricted to discussing SENCOs...

John Hayes | 451 c543 (Link to this contribution) We come to the issue of special educational needs and you will know, Madam Deputy Speaker, that it w...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c545 (Link to this contribution) Regulations will require the designated SENCO to be on the school’s leadership team.

Annette Brooke | 451 c544 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the amendment and I do not perceive the need to include it in any future review. It is pra...

John Hayes | 451 c544-5 (Link to this contribution) My point was that a SENCO should be a member of the senior management team. Does the hon. Lady agree...

John Hayes | 451 c545-6 (Link to this contribution) Clause 6 relates to local authority functions in respect of recreation. It ensures that local author...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c545 (Link to this contribution) We should ensure that the opportunities to participate in positive activities secured for young peop...

Speaker | 451 c545 (Link to this contribution) With this we may discuss Lords amendments Nos. 3 and 4.

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c545 (Link to this contribution) I have nothing further to add. Lords amendment agreed to.

Annette Brooke | 451 c545 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister. I was simply trying to tease that out and get it on the record. I have some pe...

Annette Brooke | 451 c533 (Link to this contribution) If a foundation school engages in a private finance initiative contract, but its foundation is subse...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c537 (Link to this contribution) I shall discuss amendment No. 33 shortly, but first let me say that amendments Nos. 42 and 77 fulfil...

Nick Gibb | 451 c533-5 (Link to this contribution) We are dealing with a range of amendments relating to school organisations. Lords amendments Nos. 6 ...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c533 (Link to this contribution) We are very clear about the fact that contractual agreements relating to PFI would transfer with dif...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c536 (Link to this contribution) The crucial point on this amendment is that the parents will decide who those other people will be, ...

Baroness Teather | 451 c535-6 (Link to this contribution) I wish to speak to our amendment to Lords amendment No. 24, which takes us neatly off the subject of...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c536 (Link to this contribution) I think that we have discussed all the necessary points, and I urge the House to support the Governm...

Speaker | 451 c537 (Link to this contribution) With this we may discuss Lords amendments Nos. 34 to 45, 75 to 77 and 237.

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c536 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That this House agrees with the Lords in the said amendment.

Nick Gibb | 451 c537-9 (Link to this contribution) This group of amendments relates to admissions, as the Minister said, and many of them are technical...

Martin Linton | 451 c539 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend the Minister for his prompt action in providing for Lords amendment No. 42, w...

Speaker | 451 c540 (Link to this contribution) With this it will be convenient to consider amendment (a) thereto and amendments Nos. 71 and 79.

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c540 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That the House agrees with the Lords in the said amendment.

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c540 (Link to this contribution) I am happy with the consensus that has returned to the Chamber and it remains only for me to ask hon...

Baroness Teather | 451 c539-40 (Link to this contribution) This group of amendments deals largely with issues peripheral to our main concerns in the earlier pa...

Annette Brooke | 451 c542 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister say a little about consultation on the proposed regulations and guidance?

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c541-2 (Link to this contribution) The Johnson I answer to is also a great fan of music and might support that quote. There are sound ...

John Hayes | 451 c541 (Link to this contribution) Lords amendment No. 47 was originally moved by Lord Moser in the House of Lords, where it received s...

Baroness Teather | 451 c540-1 (Link to this contribution) I wish to speak to amendment (a) to Lords amendment No. 47. We accept that the current rules governi...

Evan Harris | 451 c525-6 (Link to this contribution) If the Minister clarifies to which bits he is referring, that would be beneficial. I wish to discus...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c526 (Link to this contribution) I intervene in an attempt to speed up the debate. As I said, I am sorry that some unions thought tha...

Evan Harris | 451 c525 (Link to this contribution) No, section 60(5). Will the Minister say whether any of those provisions do not now apply?

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c525 (Link to this contribution) By inserting ““in Wales”” the 2003 anti-discrimination regulations apply, not section 60 in all its ...

Evan Harris | 451 c525 (Link to this contribution) I read out section 60(5), and I have the Act, as amended, here. I hope to have a chance to refer to ...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c525 (Link to this contribution) Section 65?

Evan Harris | 451 c527 (Link to this contribution) Yes. That is the position that we on the Liberal Democrat Benches voted for previously, because we d...

Evan Harris | 451 c526-7 (Link to this contribution) It should be permitted, but whether it is advisable for the Government to propose such an amendment ...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c529 (Link to this contribution) I think that I have responded to all the points that have been made. I urge the House to support Lor...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c532 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That this House agrees with the Lords in the said amendment.

John Pugh | 451 c527 (Link to this contribution) So the ethos of a Catholic school could therefore, in my hon. Friend’s opinion, be sustained entirel...

Evan Harris | 451 c527 (Link to this contribution) Yes, that is correct. Otherwise, on what basis would one oppose discrimination? Obviously, the Catho...

Ken Purchase | 451 c527 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman understand that the Government’s position is that religious education should...

Evan Harris | 451 c527-9 (Link to this contribution) Quite so, and community schools that are not faith schools have an ethos that is not religious. I wo...

Roberta Blackman-Woods | 451 c532 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that parent councils are important, that parents’ voices must be heard, an...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c532-3 (Link to this contribution) As ever, my hon. Friend makes an intelligent point, and she speaks admirably for parents in her cons...

Judy Mallaber | 451 c490 (Link to this contribution) Were secular organisations invited to those discussions?

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c542 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That this House agrees with the Lords in the said amendment.

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c496-7 (Link to this contribution) I shall be very happy to look at how we relate to the Joint Committee in respect of ensuring that we...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c511 (Link to this contribution) Yes, the foundation; I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman’s sedentary correction. The state provide...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c547 (Link to this contribution) I take this opportunity to thank the Front Benchers for their constructive, positive spirit in takin...

Annette Brooke | 451 c545 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has highlighted my point. It is vital that the SENCO should be a member of the se...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c532 (Link to this contribution) The majority of the Lords amendments in the group are technical, and I will spare the House the pain...

Roger Berry | 451 c518 (Link to this contribution) I acknowledge that the Minister has been candid about the consultation process and I respect him for...

Baroness Teather | 451 c536 (Link to this contribution) That is a welcome clarification, although I am not sure that it meets my original concern about the ...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c525 (Link to this contribution) I just want to clarify. The hon. Gentleman has just read out section 60 of the 1998 Act. Inserting “...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 451 c545 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That this House agrees with the Lords in the said amendment.

John Pugh | 451 c527 (Link to this contribution) Is it my hon. Friend’s position that when a person applies for any job in a denominational school, a...

Speaker | 451 c532 (Link to this contribution) With this it will be convenient to take Lords amendments Nos. 7 to 23, 24, amendment (a) thereto, 25...

Judy Mallaber | 451 c501-2 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend referred to allowing sixth-form pupils to make a decision. I am pleased that, when I ...

Baroness Teather | 451 c505 (Link to this contribution) There are two separate issues, one of which is collective worship. A pragmatic consideration for sch...

Baroness Teather | 451 c504 (Link to this contribution) I am conscious of the irony that this is the third of four groups of amendments to be dominated by t...

Ken Purchase | 451 c523 (Link to this contribution) Indeed it is, because throughout the history of legislation, there is a choice between something bei...

Subjects

Conditions of employment Accountability Admissions Curriculum Disadvantaged Community development Costs Community schools Classroom assistants Collective worship Fees and charges Education Governing bodies Human rights Inspections Exemptions Faith schools Headteachers Discrimination Low incomes Local education authorities Public appointments Pupils Staff Music Travel Schools Teachers Special educational needs Trade unions Secondary education Rural areas Sixth form education Islam Musical instruments Trust schools

Legislation

Education and Inspections Bill 2005-06

Link

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