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Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bill on Thursday, 3 July 2008, in the House of Lords.

Education and Skills Bill

Education and Skills Bill. Lords Committee stage third day. Clauses 11-38 agreed to.

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703 c400-72 
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2007-08
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Department for Children, Schools and Families
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Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 703 c402 (Link to this contribution) I think that the clause creates some anomalies. It is slightly odd that in supplying information und...
Baroness Perry of Southwark | 703 c404 (Link to this contribution) I wish to underline the point which has just been made. I recently chaired a commission on the organ...
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Lord Adonis | 703 c404 (Link to this contribution) The Connexions service already uses a tracking system to promote participation. This clause would en...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 703 c403-4 (Link to this contribution) I support the noble Baroness in questioning whether the clause should stand part of the Bill. These ...
Lord Elton | 703 c404 (Link to this contribution) In answering those questions, I hope that the noble Lord will spare time to answer a question which ...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 703 c403 (Link to this contribution) As a general duty is being imposed on institutions, there is all the more reason to include all inst...
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 703 c403 (Link to this contribution) The clause is deeply tied in with the issue of compulsion and, to that end, we oppose the Question t...
Lord Adonis | 703 c402-3 (Link to this contribution) If the noble Baroness will forgive me, perhaps I could add to my remarks in response to the noble Lo...
Lord Elton | 703 c403 (Link to this contribution) If it is unnecessarily complicated, it would be good on Report or perhaps in next year’s Bill to sim...
Lord Elton | 703 c404 (Link to this contribution) Before the noble Lord abandons the existing tracking system, which is national, I understand that it...
Lord Elton | 703 c405 (Link to this contribution) I spoke under a misapprehension. I thought that Connexions was already a national database.
Lord Adonis | 703 c405 (Link to this contribution) There will need to be appropriate data sharing in that respect, but I am not sure that I understand ...
Baroness Perry of Southwark | 703 c406 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that the Minister is well aware that the list he read out of what is on the Connexions dat...
Lord Adonis | 703 c406 (Link to this contribution) The noble Baroness rightly says there will be some people about whom there will not be effective dat...
Lord Lucas | 703 c406-7 (Link to this contribution) We are trying to improve the status quo. By the time the Bill is enacted, we will have an effective ...
Lord Lucas | 703 c405 (Link to this contribution) Is that the end of the Minister’s reply or are we going to hear more?
Lord Adonis | 703 c405 (Link to this contribution) The noble Baroness asked me specific questions, but my response to them is that the situation has no...
Lord Lucas | 703 c405 (Link to this contribution) I should like to know more about this Connexions database. What sources of data are this based on? U...
Lord Adonis | 703 c406 (Link to this contribution) I will expand this issue in more detail. But, first, perhaps I may re-emphasise that there is no nat...
Lord Adonis | 703 c407 (Link to this contribution) I think the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, was.
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 703 c407 (Link to this contribution) Let me restate clearly that I am not calling for a national database.
Lord Lucas | 703 c407 (Link to this contribution) Then the word ““possible”” must be wrong. In a legal sense, to do everything so far as it is possibl...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 703 c408 (Link to this contribution) I should like some clarification from the Minister. My understanding is that at present the Connexio...
Lord Elton | 703 c408 (Link to this contribution) There is an odd imbalance in the Bill because while there are duties to collect information, there a...
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 703 c407-8 (Link to this contribution) My noble friend is right. If this is to work, that is effectively what we will have to do. We have s...
Lord Adonis | 703 c408 (Link to this contribution) There is a difference between accuracy and completeness. Of course a local authority can take enforc...
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 703 c409 (Link to this contribution) The Minister said that the logical conclusion of my remarks was that we would have a draconian state...
Lord Adonis | 703 c409 (Link to this contribution) The massive bureaucracy that the noble Baroness refers to is in place already. We already have Conne...
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 703 c409 (Link to this contribution) Yes, but there will have to be checks that it is absolutely correct. The Minister accepted that the ...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 703 c409-11 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 68: 68: After Clause 12, insert the following new Clause— ““General duties of ...
Lord Adonis | 703 c409 (Link to this contribution) I think we are going round in circles. I said that of course every effort must be made in the future...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 703 c411-2 (Link to this contribution) I also support this proposed new clause. It makes sense to require the governing body of an institut...
Baroness Verma | 703 c411 (Link to this contribution) This proposed new clause by the Liberal Democrats sets out a general duty for governing bodies in th...
Lord Adonis | 703 c412 (Link to this contribution) The noble Baroness, Lady Sharp, is right that, in respect of the duties on governing bodies of FE co...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 703 c412-3 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for his response. Clearly, as the guidance is still being consulted on...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 703 c413-4 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 70: 70: Clause 13, page 7, line 26, at end insert— ““( ) an independent educat...
Lord Adonis | 703 c414 (Link to this contribution) This is a limited amendment, although the noble Baroness raised wider issues in respect of it. It sp...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 703 c414-5 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his reply. I am glad to hear that the Government are looking at ways of bri...
Baroness Perry of Southwark | 703 c416-7 (Link to this contribution) I was thinking particularly of Clause 15, which relates to the passing on of social security data an...
Lord Adonis | 703 c417-20 (Link to this contribution) No, they would not have access to those data. Perhaps I may make two preliminary comments, because ...
Baroness Perry of Southwark | 703 c416 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister answer a factual question? I know that the duty in the Bill is to pass on the info...
Lord Adonis | 703 c416 (Link to this contribution) For me to answer a question, I need to understand it properly. Much of the information provided to t...
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 703 c415 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 72: 72: Clause 14, page 7, line 47, at beginning insert ““Subject to the provi...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 703 c416 (Link to this contribution) We have one small amendment in this large group, Amendment No. 92, which would make sure that inclus...
Lord Adonis | 703 c421-2 (Link to this contribution) That is not my reading of Clause 57. Clause 57(1) specifically states: "““Relevant information about...
Baroness Perry of Southwark | 703 c421 (Link to this contribution) I understand that, and I have read the clause very carefully. However, I have also read Clause 57. I...
Baroness Perry of Southwark | 703 c421 (Link to this contribution) I am doubly confused about the Minister’s earlier answer to me, because it seems crystal clear that ...
Lord Lucas | 703 c422 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may ask a question about Clause 14. My understanding is that when a local education author...
Lord Adonis | 703 c422-3 (Link to this contribution) I think that I understand the noble Lord’s point, but let me be clear. His point is that if informat...
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 703 c423 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful that my faith in the Minister’s prophetic powers was not misplaced. I thank him for hi...
Lord Adonis | 703 c422 (Link to this contribution) That is precisely the point. The school provides the information to those who maintain the database....
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 703 c422 (Link to this contribution) The school cannot access the database either?
Baroness Pitkeathley | 703 c423 (Link to this contribution) In calling Amendment No. 74, I must point out that if it is agreed to, I cannot call Amendment No. 7...
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 703 c423-4 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 74: 74: Clause 14, page 8, line 5, leave out ““exercise its functions under th...
Lord Adonis | 703 c427 (Link to this contribution) It was so long ago I missed the fact that remarks had been made.
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 703 c424-5 (Link to this contribution) I wish to speak to Amendments Nos. 100 and 109 in this group, which stand in my name and that of my ...
Lord Adonis | 703 c425-7 (Link to this contribution) We enter into further complexity in discussing the amendments in terms of the relationships between ...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 703 c428 (Link to this contribution) I shall come back on those amendments before the noble Baroness comes back on the wider issues she r...
Lord Adonis | 703 c428 (Link to this contribution) I am not sure about that. I shall have to come back to the noble Baroness about whether PCTs are inc...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 703 c427 (Link to this contribution) I also spoke to Amendment No. 109, although the two amendments cover separate issues.
Lord Adonis | 703 c427 (Link to this contribution) I shall deal with Amendment No. 100 first and then come to Amendment No. 109. Amendment No. 100 adds...
Lord Adonis | 703 c428 (Link to this contribution) I understand the point that noble Baroness makes; I will reflect on it further and ask my officials ...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 703 c428 (Link to this contribution) It is not immediately clear that the list of providers of information in Clause 16(2) would necessar...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 703 c400-1 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 62: 62: Clause 11, page 6, line 3, after ““body”” insert ““or proprietor”” Th...
Lord Adonis | 703 c400 (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 Adonis | 703 c402 (Link to this contribution) The duty does extend downwards, but it is covered by different legislation; I believe that that is t...
Lord Elton | 703 c402 (Link to this contribution) I hope that the Minister will forgive my ignorance, but I am a little surprised by subsections (2)(a...
Lord Adonis | 703 c401-2 (Link to this contribution) First, Amendment No. 62 would add ““proprietor”” to what Clause 11 refers to as, "““the governing bo...
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 703 c401 (Link to this contribution) As the noble Baroness, Lady Sharp of Guildford, explained, the amendment expands the list, including...
Lord Elton | 703 c402 (Link to this contribution) But if these bodies are under a duty to get their students to attend up to the age of 16, is the leg...
Lord Lucas | 703 c451 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may also ask a question that I kept forgetting to put to the Minister in the excitement of...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 703 c451 (Link to this contribution) All the uncertainty and real bewilderment around these clauses emphasises the importance of the wish...
Lord Lucas | 703 c451 (Link to this contribution) I have been through that myself on parking tickets. It is a pretty uncertain process where results a...
Lord Adonis | 703 c451 (Link to this contribution) I am informed that the jurisdiction in question is with the county court, so if an employer wished t...
Baroness Verma | 703 c451 (Link to this contribution) I think that the Minister recognises the absolute mayhem this area has created. There is so much unc...
Lord Adonis | 703 c451-2 (Link to this contribution) I confirm again that I said in response to the debate initiated by the noble Baroness, Lady Garden, ...
Baroness Verma | 703 c452 (Link to this contribution) It should not be a standard pro forma, because it would not address the question of which local auth...
Lord Adonis | 703 c452 (Link to this contribution) By ““standard”” I did not mean that it would say the same thing on every form, but that it would be ...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 703 c452 (Link to this contribution) This debate probably indicates that a wise local authority, since it has discretion over whether to ...
Lord Elton | 703 c453 (Link to this contribution) As we are on Clause 25, I ask what the significance is of subsection (5). It states: "““Such a notic...
Lord Elton | 703 c454 (Link to this contribution) For the purposes of our procedures, as the effect of Clause 25(5) has now been discussed, I would li...
Lord Adonis | 703 c453-4 (Link to this contribution) There would have to be evidence for a notice to be issued. The point about the appeal, which the nob...
Baroness Verma | 703 c453 (Link to this contribution) If there is no physical evidence, how will it stand up in court?
Lord Adonis | 703 c453 (Link to this contribution) The employer must then reach a reasonable decision as set out in subsections (2) and (3): "““The emp...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 703 c455 (Link to this contribution) I support the noble Baroness, Lady Morris, in the amendments. She said that many of the young people...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 703 c454 (Link to this contribution) We have touched on many issues regarding these clauses. There are still many unanswered questions, b...
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 703 c454-5 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 118: 118: Clause 34, page 18, line 35, at end insert— ““( ) Prior to entering ...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 703 c456 (Link to this contribution) I add my support to the amendment tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Morris. She underlined two area...
Lord Adonis | 703 c446-8 (Link to this contribution) I shall first deal with the content of the amendments and then with some of the questions raised. I ...
Lord Elton | 703 c449 (Link to this contribution) I was hoping that we might provide something which avoids the contest being necessary; that is, that...
Lord Adonis | 703 c449 (Link to this contribution) We covered that point in our earlier discussions. The standard evidence would be a pro forma from a ...
Lord Elton | 703 c449 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry to go on worrying at this, but the next thing is what happens to the young person? Presum...
Lord Adonis | 703 c449 (Link to this contribution) Yes, as part of the information-sharing under the provisions for the maintenance of the database tha...
Lord Elton | 703 c448 (Link to this contribution) I understand from what the Minister says that in what perhaps I may go on calling the out-of-area em...
Lord Elton | 703 c449 (Link to this contribution) Does this raise the question of what standard of proof is required? What can an employer reasonably ...
Lord Adonis | 703 c449 (Link to this contribution) We are now getting into enforcement. The penalty notice, under Clause 22 on the enforcement of the d...
Lord Lucas | 703 c450 (Link to this contribution) I should like to come back to my question. Clause 22 requires the local education authority to be sa...
Lord Adonis | 703 c450 (Link to this contribution) It all seems perfectly straightforward to me.
Lord Elton | 703 c450 (Link to this contribution) Does it begin to occur to the noble Lord that there may be some sense in believing that a non-crimin...
Lord Lucas | 703 c450-1 (Link to this contribution) It might know or believe that the young person is there or that that is where he intended to go, but...
Lord Lucas | 703 c450 (Link to this contribution) So the only source of evidence against an employer would be an employee grassing him up. Since the e...
Lord Adonis | 703 c450 (Link to this contribution) I do not know that it is that unlikely if Connexions is doing its job properly in seeking to ascerta...
Lord Lucas | 703 c450 (Link to this contribution) Well, yes, there is always judicial review, if you are a flush enough employer and have 50,000 quid ...
Lord Adonis | 703 c450 (Link to this contribution) The perfectly obvious form of such evidence would be from the young people themselves who would tell...
Lord Adonis | 703 c450 (Link to this contribution) I am not sure I understand the noble Lord. The local authority has to satisfy itself that it is acti...
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 703 c434 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 95: 95: Clause 16, page 9, line 19, at end insert— ““( ) The provisons of sect...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 703 c433-4 (Link to this contribution) Nevertheless, we have had assurances from the Minister that a conviction gained when young will be o...
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 703 c434-5 (Link to this contribution) Indeed I am. I thank the Minister for his reply. It was a probing amendment to discover why there wa...
Lord Adonis | 703 c434 (Link to this contribution) The provisions under Clause 16 are not new. Public bodies already pass on information on young peopl...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 703 c436-7 (Link to this contribution) I support the amendment, although I think it is wrongly placed. It seems odd to place it after Claus...
Baroness Verma | 703 c435-6 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 111: 111: After Clause 18, insert the following new Clause— ““Careers educatio...
Lord Elton | 703 c437-8 (Link to this contribution) I should like to ask my noble friend if I am right in this supposition. It is not only the learning ...
Lord Adonis | 703 c438-40 (Link to this contribution) The amendment proposed by the noble Baroness, Lady Verma, would require the Secretary of State to co...
Baroness Verma | 703 c440 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his response. I agree totally with the noble Baroness, Lady Sharp, about th...
Baroness Verma | 703 c443-4 (Link to this contribution) Of course, we all want to see wider participation but, as the noble Lord recognised, the CBI has con...
Lord Adonis | 703 c442-3 (Link to this contribution) The CBI said in its briefing for noble Lords before Second Reading that it supports the Government’s...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 703 c441-2 (Link to this contribution) We on these Benches have some sympathy with the amendment but do not go wholly along with the wordin...
Baroness Verma | 703 c440-1 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 115: 115: Clause 21, page 12, line 5, at end insert— ““( ) The Secretary of St...
Lord Lucas | 703 c445-6 (Link to this contribution) I join the noble Baroness, Lady Sharp, in her puzzlement about how Clauses 22 and 23 are meant to wo...
Baroness Verma | 703 c445 (Link to this contribution) My Amendment No. 116 is in line with those tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Sharp. It attempts to ...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 703 c444-5 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 115A: 115A: Clause 22, page 12, line 8, after ““may”” insert ““, if it so wish...
Lord Elton | 703 c446 (Link to this contribution) I would like to clear my mind on a matter which we discussed previously about cross-border responsib...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 703 c429-30 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 76: 76: Clause 14, page 8, line 10, at end insert ““which relates directly to ...
Lord Adonis | 703 c430 (Link to this contribution) At the risk of becoming a cracked record, let me start by reiterating that learning providers alread...
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 703 c430 (Link to this contribution) We support the Liberal Democrat amendment, which refines the type of information that can be supplie...
Lord Adonis | 703 c428 (Link to this contribution) I have the answer somewhere; but I wanted to have the absolute words in front of me before they arri...
Baroness Perry of Southwark | 703 c428 (Link to this contribution) The noble Baroness, Lady Sharp, asked the Minister how wide is the definition of a service provider....
Lord Elton | 703 c431 (Link to this contribution) I am particularly interested in this issue. The noble Lord has sought to reassure us with a statemen...
Lord Adonis | 703 c431 (Link to this contribution) I can indeed do that by referring to Clause 14(2), which states: "““A local education authority may ...
Lord Elton | 703 c431 (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord might prove me wrong, but perhaps I could finish my sentence, which got only to the w...
Lord Elton | 703 c432 (Link to this contribution) Committee is the point at which to exercise the imagination. I can see a local authority saying that...
Lord Adonis | 703 c432 (Link to this contribution) It clearly is the case that such information may be supplied. Clause 16(2) specifically mentions, "“...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 703 c432 (Link to this contribution) Except that the Connexions service will have somewhat extended powers in the sense that it has helpe...
Lord Adonis | 703 c432 (Link to this contribution) That is what I meant—the experience of Connexions. Exactly the same powers will be transferred to lo...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 703 c431 (Link to this contribution) Is the Minister right in saying that we have the experience of local authorities in this area? To da...
Lord Adonis | 703 c431 (Link to this contribution) We have eight years’ worth of experience in this area. These duties already apply; they are set out ...
Lord Elton | 703 c431 (Link to this contribution) I remind the House of the amount of covert surveillance that is conducted by local authorities. When...
Lord Adonis | 703 c433 (Link to this contribution) I think the case the noble Baroness is referring to concerns a decision taken by a university about ...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 703 c433 (Link to this contribution) I do not know whether the Minister saw in the Guardian on Tuesday that a young man with a criminal r...
Lord Adonis | 703 c432-3 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may press the point a little further. The noble Lord has a great concern, as do we all, ab...
Lord Elton | 703 c463 (Link to this contribution) I meant that, before resorting to exclusion, surely it would be reasonable to resort to getting the ...
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 703 c464-5 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 122: 122: Clause 39, page 21, line 7, leave out ““fulfil the duty imposed”” an...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 703 c465 (Link to this contribution) I support all the amendments in this group. As we explained on the first day in Committee, we suppor...
Lord Adonis | 703 c463 (Link to this contribution) A parenting contract might well be appropriate to meet precisely the objectives set out by the noble...
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 703 c463-4 (Link to this contribution) I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Clause 39 [Failure to fulfi...
Lord Lucas | 703 c466-7 (Link to this contribution) I support what my noble friend on the Front Bench said. I do not intend to rehearse my lengthy objec...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 703 c467 (Link to this contribution) I support the group of amendments proposed by the noble Baroness, Lady Morris of Bolton. They have u...
Lord Elton | 703 c465-6 (Link to this contribution) The clock does not permit the weight of support that these amendments deserve to be fully deployed. ...
Lord Adonis | 703 c467 (Link to this contribution) Such rights of appeal are set out in the clauses we are debating. If the enforcement action went to ...
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 703 c467 (Link to this contribution) We made this point at Second Reading and I think that it has been answered. There are people who jus...
Lord Adonis | 703 c468-9 (Link to this contribution) No, these cases would always stay in the youth court and there is no question of any action leading ...
Lord Elton | 703 c469 (Link to this contribution) Can the noble Lord assure us, either now or later, that convictions which are spent under the arrang...
Lord Adonis | 703 c469 (Link to this contribution) I think I need to come back to the noble Lord on the precise issue. Only offences that are punishabl...
Lord Elton | 703 c469 (Link to this contribution) I am a little worried by the word ““automatically””. The noble Lord has not said that it will not be...
Lord Adonis | 703 c470-1 (Link to this contribution) It is precisely on that point that I will come back to the noble Lord. There are very limited circum...
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 703 c472 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his response, the noble Baroness, Lady Sharp, for her support and my noble ...
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 703 c472 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move that the House do now resume. Moved accordingly, and, on Question, Motion agreed to.
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 703 c460-1 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for that comprehensive reply. I was particularly pleased with what he said abou...
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 703 c461 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 121: 121: After Clause 38, insert the following new Clause— ““Home-school cont...
Lord Elton | 703 c461-2 (Link to this contribution) Home-school contracts have a long history, which we do not need to go through now. I support the pri...
Lord Lucas | 703 c462 (Link to this contribution) As the parent of an unruly five year-old, I support the suggestion of my noble friend Lord Elton.
Lord Adonis | 703 c462-3 (Link to this contribution) We very much like parenting contracts because we want parents to be as engaged as possible in their ...
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 703 c463 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his reply. If he would like the uptake of home-school agreements to be high...
Lord Adonis | 703 c463 (Link to this contribution) I am not sure that I understand the noble Lord’s point. It is not a requirement, if a school reaches...
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 703 c456 (Link to this contribution) Before my noble friend Lord Lucas speaks, I think that I am catching something from the Minister bec...
Lord Lucas | 703 c456 (Link to this contribution) Mostly I want to listen to what the Minister has to say. Further to what my noble friend said, the c...
Lord Adonis | 703 c459 (Link to this contribution) I take the noble Lord's point entirely. That is why we think that Clause 35 should stand part. Clau...
Lord Adonis | 703 c457-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we absolutely agree with the intention behind Amendment No. 118. We expect local authoriti...
Lord Elton | 703 c458-9 (Link to this contribution) In a rare example of coming to the Minister’s aid, perhaps I may draw on my own experience of a youn...
Lord Adonis | 703 c460 (Link to this contribution) In my experience, there may be friction between parents and young people at the age of 16 and 17 ove...
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 703 c460 (Link to this contribution) They were concerned that choices made for their children at 11 were taken into account, not least wi...
Lord Adonis | 703 c460 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry. I did not reply to Amendment No. 120 because I dealt with it in the debate of the noble ...
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 703 c459 (Link to this contribution) I apologise if I missed this—I may well have done—but did the Minister reply to Amendment No. 120? C...
Lord Adonis | 703 c421 (Link to this contribution) I understand the noble Baroness's confusion. Like me, as a non-lawyer she might have thought that ““...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 703 c437 (Link to this contribution) I support the amendment proposed by the noble Baroness, Lady Verma. I also have an amendment on care...
Lord Adonis | 703 c407 (Link to this contribution) Again, I seem to be holding the centre ground between two views put to me by noble Lords. The noble ...
Baroness Perry of Southwark | 703 c422 (Link to this contribution) Forgive me if I am being exceptionally thick, but how can they provide the information unless they a...
Lord Adonis | 703 c452-3 (Link to this contribution) I return to the point raised by the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, about the rights of employers to appeal ...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 703 c446 (Link to this contribution) I, too, am getting more and more puzzled by the minute, reading about the duty imposed in these clau...
Lord Lucas | 703 c459 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for those explanations. I shall bottle what the noble Lord said and distil it into an ...
Lord Adonis | 703 c402 (Link to this contribution) I believe that that is precisely the case.
Lord Adonis | 703 c449 (Link to this contribution) That might happen through Connexions or through local authority B’s direct engagement with employers...
Baroness Morris of Bolton | 703 c429 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for his answer. I thought that he was going to answer the noble Barone...
Lord Elton | 703 c463 (Link to this contribution) Before my noble friend withdraws the amendment, given the objection to home-school contracts, or agr...
Subjects
Data protection Databases Accountability Crime Attendance Governing bodies Further education Inspections Educational institutions Local government Personal records Parents Schools Vocational guidance Small businesses Skilled workers School leaving Parenting contracts Connexions Service In-service training
Legislation
Education and Skills Bill 2007-08
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