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Debate on bill on Wednesday, 7 July 2010, in the House of Lords.

Academies Bill [HL]

Academies Bill (HL). Lords report stage second day. Bill as amended, ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 13 2010-12).

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720 c213-61, 277-332 
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2010-12
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Department for Education
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Report stage
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New clauses
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Academies Bill (HL). As amended on Report.
Wednesday, 7 July 2010
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House of Lords
Academies Bill (HL). As amended in Committee.
Monday, 28 June 2010
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Proceeding contributions
Lord Greaves | 720 c315 (Link to this contribution) 38: After Clause 7, insert the following new Clause— "Local authority duties (1) The Secretary of St...
Earl of Listowel | 720 c317-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I agree with the thrust of what the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, has said. He referred back—a...
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Lord Wallace of Saltaire | 720 c318 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the debate in Committee underlined the importance which many noble Lords attach to the rol...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c309 (Link to this contribution) That was the point that I was seeking to make.
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c310 (Link to this contribution) The amendment arose out of our debate about concerns relating to the potentially large number of con...
Lord Phillips of Sudbury | 720 c310 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may ask the Minister for further clarification. Does he accept that his Amendment 30 does ...
Baroness Walmsley | 720 c310 (Link to this contribution) My understanding, as the person who spoke to Amendment 31, is that my noble friend has said that he ...
Lord Whitty | 720 c310 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank noble Lords for this interesting debate. The Minister’s position appears to be tha...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 720 c311 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for his clarification and to the noble and learned Lord...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c315 (Link to this contribution) 36: Clause 7, page 5, line 21, after "if" insert "— (a)" 37: Clause 7, page 5, line 21, at end ins...
Lord Adonis | 720 c307 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my understanding of the rules of procedure is that if I do not speak now, I cannot speak a...
Lord Phillips of Sudbury | 720 c307 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the intervention but I am not sure that it does. I was merely repeating the parlan...
Lord Phillips of Sudbury | 720 c307 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is very encouraging to see my noble friend the Minister bring forward his Amendment 30,...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 720 c306 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I rise very briefly to speak to Amendments 26 and 29. I agree with many of the points that...
Lord Mackay of Clashfern | 720 c309 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, am I right in thinking that an order does not convert a school into an academy but enables...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c308-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, when we discussed consultation in Committee, I said that I would think further. In doing s...
Lord Adonis | 720 c307-8 (Link to this contribution) In that case, I need to speak now. I wish to put to him the specific points raised by a number of no...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 720 c282 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, given the complete mess over the schools building programme, how long does the noble Lord ...
Lord Greaves | 720 c282-3 (Link to this contribution) That question is a long way above my pay grade. The Secretary of State seems to have quite a lot of ...
Baroness Wilkins | 720 c283 (Link to this contribution) 21: Clause 2, page 2, line 35, at end insert– "( ) In Schedule 1 to the School Finance (England) Reg...
Baroness Wilkins | 720 c283-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I speak to Amendment 21. In Committee, I spoke about my concerns that the Academies Bill w...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 720 c285-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support the amendment in the name of my noble friend Lady Wilkins, as I did with regard ...
Baroness Grey-Thompson | 720 c286-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support the amendments tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Wilkins. The noble Baroness, L...
Lord Low of Dalston | 720 c286 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will speak briefly given the hour. Despite the reassurances received by the noble Barone...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 720 c287-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I join other noble Lords in supporting the noble Baroness, Lady Wilkins, in this amendment...
Earl of Listowel | 720 c287 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I rise briefly to support the amendment and apologise for not being present when the noble...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 720 c288-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, first, I thank the Minister for his letter to my noble friend, which has been extremely he...
Lord Greaves | 720 c278 (Link to this contribution) 17: Clause 1, page 2, line 16, at end insert— "(9) Before entering into Academy arrangements with an...
Lord Greaves | 720 c278-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I move Amendment 17. In this group is Amendment 53 on a related issue, in the name of my n...
Lord Whitty | 720 c278 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful for that clear assurance. I shall not even pursue the avoidance-of-doubt arg...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 720 c281 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support this suggestion. There will be considerable power at the centre and a need for p...
Baroness Walmsley | 720 c280-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, support the amendments in the names of my noble friends. I remind the House that w...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 720 c280 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we see a bit of a dilemma. In order to give individual schools more authority over their a...
Baroness Williams of Crosby | 720 c279-80 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall speak briefly to Amendment 53, which is also part of this grouping. I agree with m...
Lord Greaves | 720 c282 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful for what the Minister said about Amendment 53, which is half of what we are ...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c281-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the issue of accountability that we have just been debating is extremely important, as the...
Lord Knight of Weymouth | 720 c297 (Link to this contribution) I am most grateful to the Minister for giving way and I shall be very brief. Will he ensure that the...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c297 (Link to this contribution) We work closely with Partnerships for Schools. I know that the noble Lord has direct experience of t...
Baroness Garden of Frognal | 720 c297-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken on a variety of topics in this short debate. I als...
Baroness Massey of Darwen | 720 c298 (Link to this contribution) 23: Clause 3, page 3, line 5, at end insert— "(4A) Before making an application under this section, ...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c295-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Amendment 22 provides that an annual report should be made to Parliament on the quality of...
Lord Puttnam | 720 c297 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for giving way. Perhaps I may make a general point which I suspect the noble Lo...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c297 (Link to this contribution) I take the point that the noble Lord makes; I take also his point about aesthetics. He and the noble...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c299-300 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we had a good debate in Committee on the importance of consultation, as a result of which ...
Baroness Massey of Darwen | 720 c298-9 (Link to this contribution) In moving this amendment, I shall also speak to Amendment 33 and win the second prize for the shorte...
Lord Astor of Hever | 720 c292 (Link to this contribution) I remind noble Lords that we are on Report and encourage them to keep their speeches as short as pos...
Baroness Garden of Frognal | 720 c289-90 (Link to this contribution) 22: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause— "Monitoring provision in Academies for children...
Baroness Garden of Frognal | 720 c290-2 (Link to this contribution) I move Amendment 22 and speak to Amendments 45 and 46, also in this group, which are in my name and ...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c289 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will be fairly brief because in our earlier exchange I accepted the point made by the no...
Baroness Wilkins | 720 c289 (Link to this contribution) First, I thank all noble Lords for their support for the amendment and for recognising and emphasisi...
Lord Greaves | 720 c295 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall be brief. As the noble Lord, Lord Howarth, and the noble Baroness, Lady Whitaker, ...
Earl of Listowel | 720 c295 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I wish to speak to Amendment 44A. Your Lordships may recall—and I hope that I recall it co...
Lord Howarth of Newport | 720 c293-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I should like to speak to Amendment 44A, and I thank my noble friend Lady Whitaker for onc...
Lord Low of Dalston | 720 c293 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall say a brief word about Amendment 52, which is tabled in my name, and I hope that I...
Lord Wallace of Saltaire | 720 c304 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord is in the 15th minute of a speech on Report, which is a little long.
Lord Whitty | 720 c301-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in moving Amendment 25, I shall also speak to Amendments 26A and 28 in my name and to Amen...
Lord Whitty | 720 c300-1 (Link to this contribution) 25: Clause 3, page 3, line 7, at end insert— "( ) Before making an application for an Academy order,...
Baroness Massey of Darwen | 720 c300 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for that response. I am somewhat encouraged. I think that we need mor...
Baroness Walmsley | 720 c305 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will come to my Amendment 31 in just a moment. I strongly suspect that the Minister’s an...
Lord Adonis | 720 c304-5 (Link to this contribution) The nonsense that I see in the amendments before us is subsection (3) in government Amendment 30, wh...
Baroness Walmsley | 720 c304 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in his Amendment 25 the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, replicates probing amendments that were t...
Lord Whitty | 720 c304 (Link to this contribution) I accept that it is a little long, although I did warn the House, but it is actually only the 12th m...
Baroness Thornton | 720 c305 (Link to this contribution) Does the noble Baroness think that there should be a consultation before a school becomes an academy...
Baroness Walmsley | 720 c305 (Link to this contribution) Indeed I do, which is why I have tabled my little tweaking amendment in the hope of persuading my no...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c239-40 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we had a very good debate on this subject in Committee, a slightly longer debate than the ...
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 720 c238-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is with great pleasure that I rise to support my noble friends Lady Massey and Lady Gou...
Bishop of Lincoln | 720 c234-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am pleased to follow the noble Lord, Lord Knight, because, as he will recall, our board ...
Lord Knight of Weymouth | 720 c233-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I want to comment on this only briefly because much of what I wanted to say about the impo...
Baroness Perry of Southwark | 720 c232-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I follow my noble friend Lady Walmsley with great warmth. What she has said is very dear t...
Lord Lucas | 720 c237-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, when it comes to this amendment, I stand four-square beside my noble friend Lady Walmsley....
Lord Waddington | 720 c237 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is with considerable diffidence that I rise, because I have not spoken before on this B...
Baroness Howarth of Breckland | 720 c236 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I had not intended to speak today as I have not had the opportunity, for various reasons, ...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 720 c235-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this has been a stimulating and diverse debate. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Massey, f...
Baroness Massey of Darwen | 720 c240-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, intend to convince this Government of the case. I know that much work has been do...
Baroness Walmsley | 720 c244 (Link to this contribution) 10: Clause 1, page 2, line 3, at end insert "and sections 40, 41, 42 and 43 of the Childcare Act 200...
Baroness Walmsley | 720 c244-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Amendment 10 arises from our debate in Committee about the impact of the new legislation o...
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 720 c246 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I added my name to this amendment. From listening to the speech of the noble Baroness, Lad...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c240 (Link to this contribution) Forgive me. I cannot be more specific than to say that we expect that the review will take place in ...
Baroness Massey of Darwen | 720 c240 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this has been a fascinating and enlightening debate. I think that we are all actually on t...
Baroness Walmsley | 720 c240 (Link to this contribution) If the noble Baroness will permit me, I say to her that I still think that, but I have to convince m...
Earl of Listowel | 720 c246 (Link to this contribution) Briefly, I support this amendment. The Government recently expressed some horror at the number of pr...
Baroness Garden of Frognal | 720 c252 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support Amendment 11 in the name of the Minister and also flag up that we have complemen...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 720 c252 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, will the Minister clarify the position of parents in relation to first-tier tribunals, SEN...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 720 c250-1 (Link to this contribution) I, too, warmly thank the Minister for bringing his amendment. It certainly shows that he has listene...
Lord Lucas | 720 c251-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Low, echoed the point that I made on Amendment 8 about how we keep ac...
Lord Low of Dalston | 720 c248-50 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I wish to speak to Amendments 12 to 14 and to Amendment 39, all of which are in my name. I...
Baroness Wilkins | 720 c250 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I echo the thanks of the noble Lord, Lord Low, to the Minister for all his time and the co...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c247 (Link to this contribution) 11: Clause 1, page 2, line 9, at end insert— "( ) Academy arrangements in relation to a school withi...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c247-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall seek to be brief with this amendment as I have already written to noble Lords abou...
Earl of Listowel | 720 c252 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support what the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, said about health service reforms...
Baroness Walmsley | 720 c247 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his reply and the noble Baroness, Lady Morgan of Drefelin, for her support....
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 720 c254-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I return to an issue that I raised in Committee: ensuring that parents have proper represe...
Lord Wallace of Saltaire | 720 c255 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I remind the House that we are on Report and we need to be careful not to repeat in too mu...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 720 c255-6 (Link to this contribution) I rise to speak to Amendment 17A in my name and those of my noble friends Lady Walmsley and Lady Gar...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 720 c256 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I rise with some trepidation in case the noble Lord, Lord Wallace, intervenes to say that ...
Lord Lucas | 720 c256 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this question was asked in Committee but was not answered. Is there an obligation on acade...
Lord Puttnam | 720 c256-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, not for the first time I speak in support of my noble friend Lady Howe. I did not speak on...
Baroness Williams of Crosby | 720 c257 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I follow the noble Lord, Lord Puttnam, with one other thought. School governing bodies are...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 720 c253-4 (Link to this contribution) 15: Clause 1, page 2, line 16, at end insert— "( ) At least 25% of the people on the governing body ...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c252-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I start by thanking various noble Lords for their support for the government amendment. In...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c260 (Link to this contribution) There will certainly be election. I must apologise, but I am not currently 100 per cent sure whether...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 720 c260-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I very much thank the Minister for the consideration that he has given. Of course, I am ha...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c259-60 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I start by saying to the noble Baroness, Lady Howe, that I agree with her that—as everyone...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 720 c260 (Link to this contribution) Do the Government intend to move from parent governors being appointed to there being elections for ...
Lord Wallace of Saltaire | 720 c277-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we are happy to confirm, as I thought that we had in Committee, that the Government accept...
Lord Whitty | 720 c277 (Link to this contribution) 16: Clause 1, page 2, line 16, at end insert— "( ) An Academy is a public authority for the purposes...
Lord Whitty | 720 c277 (Link to this contribution) This amendment should be fairly straightforward. In a sense, I am on the same page as the noble Baro...
Lord Greaves | 720 c258-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not think that the amendments call for restrictions. They are the opposite; they say ...
Baroness Morgan of Huyton | 720 c258 (Link to this contribution) I agree strongly with the noble Baroness, Lady Perry, because my experience is exactly the same. Gov...
Baroness Perry of Southwark | 720 c258 (Link to this contribution) I, too, would like to pay very warm tribute to the importance of governing bodies. Exactly as the no...
Baroness Gould of Potternewton | 720 c229-31 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I again support an amendment to make PSHE statutory within the curriculum. I intend to be ...
Baroness Massey of Darwen | 720 c228-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the amendment, which is in my name and that of the noble Baronesses, Lady Gould and Lady F...
Baroness Massey of Darwen | 720 c228 (Link to this contribution) 9: Clause 1, page 2, line 3, at end insert "except that Personal, Social and Health Education shall ...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 720 c227 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his very full response. I certainly accept that there is...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c227 (Link to this contribution) I hope that the noble Earl will forgive me. He made that point very clearly earlier and I am sorry n...
Earl of Listowel | 720 c227 (Link to this contribution) Before the Minister sits down, I should say that I am very grateful to him for the pains that he is ...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c227 (Link to this contribution) If I may, I shall need to write to my noble friend to make that specific point clear, and I shall ci...
Lord Lucas | 720 c227 (Link to this contribution) Before my noble friend sits down, can he give me some comfort on clause 12(c) of the model funding a...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c224-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, these selection issues are important, and I know how important it is that I provide as muc...
Baroness Walmsley | 720 c231-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I heartily agree with the vast majority of what has just been said by the noble Baronesses...
Baroness Walmsley | 720 c217-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am most grateful to my noble friend for his reply and to the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, for ...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c217 (Link to this contribution) I believe that I apologised yesterday to the noble Lord for the lack of notice and do so again. I th...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 720 c218-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in moving Amendment 8, I shall speak also to Amendments 17B, 32A and 33A. I am grateful fo...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 720 c218 (Link to this contribution) 8: Clause 1, page 2, line 1, at end insert— "( ) the school complies with the provisions of the Code...
Lord Lucas | 720 c220-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in this group I have Amendment 10A, which follows on from the discussion in Committee abou...
Baroness Walmsley | 720 c220 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have Amendments 32 and 32B in this very mixed group of amendments about selection, relig...
Earl of Listowel | 720 c222 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Amendment 10C follows an amendment to the Bill that I tabled in Committee. It would put ad...
Bishop of Lincoln | 720 c221-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I imagine that your Lordships would expect me to intervene to speak in particular about th...
Lord Knight of Weymouth | 720 c223-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support my noble friend Lady Royall. I state my very clear position that I am not in fav...
Lord Blackwell | 720 c224 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, briefly, I ask the Minister to consider Amendment 10A in the name of my noble friend Lord ...
Lord Whitty | 720 c215 (Link to this contribution) I should point out by way of clarification, and to save the Minister a little time and effort, that ...
Earl of Listowel | 720 c215 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have Amendments 10B and 44B in this group. They are intended to probe the Minister furth...
Baroness Walmsley | 720 c213-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendments 48 and 50 in my name. Amendment 6 asks for academies to c...
Baroness Walmsley | 720 c213 (Link to this contribution) 6: Clause 1, page 1, line 21, at end insert— "( ) to comply with the law on pupil exclusions and beh...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 720 c215-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I associate myself with the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley, on Amendment 6. Academies are s...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c216 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in essence, this group of amendments would put on the face of the legislation requirements...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c327 (Link to this contribution) 47: Schedule 2, page 17, line 21, at end insert— "Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c. 36) 9A In Part...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c327-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in Committee I said that I agreed with my noble friend Lord Lucas that academies should be...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 720 c328 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sure that all noble Lords would thank the Minister for this. I wish to ask him a ques...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c328 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that is a very fair and sensible point. At the moment, maintained schools would be helped ...
Lord Whitty | 720 c328-9 (Link to this contribution) 51: Schedule 2, page 18, line 32, at end insert— "In section 237 (orders: supplementary) after subse...
Lord Wallace of Saltaire | 720 c330-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I hope that the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, will forgive me if at this late stage I do not re...
Lord Whitty | 720 c331 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am not surprised but am gratified that the Minister did not read out his entire brief. H...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c332 (Link to this contribution) 55: Clause 14, page 8, line 29, at end insert ", subject to subsection (2). "(2) An amendment or rep...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c332 (Link to this contribution) 54: Clause 13, page 8, line 21, at end insert— "(2A) Section 4(3) (when a maintained school is "conv...
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 720 c319 (Link to this contribution) 40: Clause 8, page 6, line 14, leave out "is a charity" and insert "may be deemed to be an exempt ch...
Lord Greaves | 720 c318-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, for his comments. He suggested that we m...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 720 c319 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, perhaps I can help the noble Lord. It is quite clear that if he does not press his amendme...
Lord Greaves | 720 c319 (Link to this contribution) I shall perhaps go into the Public Bill Office waving my copy of Hansard and quoting the noble Lord ...
Lord Greaves | 720 c315-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Amendment 38 stands on its own. A noble Lord seems to think that there is something funny ...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 720 c317 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a remarkable testimony to the drawing powers of the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, on loc...
Lord Phillips of Sudbury | 720 c321-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 40A and 40B and build to some extent on what the noble Lord ha...
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 720 c319-21 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is a technical but important amendment that is causing some interest and concern in t...
Lord Phillips of Sudbury | 720 c326 (Link to this contribution) I too will not pursue this matter tonight. I think that my noble friend the Minister is not right on...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c326-7 (Link to this contribution) 42: Schedule 1, page 14, line 15, at end insert— "( ) This paragraph also applies if— (a) publicly f...
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 720 c326 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his lengthy research and work and for the answers that h...
Lord Phillips of Sudbury | 720 c326 (Link to this contribution) 40A: Clause 8, page 6, line 16, at end insert "or is a charitable incorporated organisation"
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 720 c326 (Link to this contribution) If the YPLA is the exempt regulator, does my noble friend expect it to have a public benefit test wh...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c326 (Link to this contribution) We think that a state-funded school which becomes an academy would be deemed to have passed the publ...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c324-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as usual this has been an interesting debate. My noble friend Lord Hodgson has set out imp...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 720 c311 (Link to this contribution) 26: After Clause 3, insert the following new Clause— "Consultation before Academy order Before enter...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c313 (Link to this contribution) 30: After Clause 4, insert the following new Clause— "Consultation on conversion (1) Before a mainta...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 720 c311 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Baroness. Essentially the government amendment is too weak. I beg to move...
Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 720 c311 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, procedure on Report does not permit such matters. Only questions for elucidation are permi...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c314 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I believe that they apply across the board. Should I need to be precise in some of those d...
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 720 c314 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord for moving what I am sure are technical amendments. It wou...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c313-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Amendments 34, 35, 36, 37 and 54 are clarificatory amendments. Amendments 34, 35, 36 and 3...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c313 (Link to this contribution) 34: Clause 6, page 4, line 26, leave out "and"
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c314 (Link to this contribution) 35: Clause 6, page 4, line 27, at end insert ", and (c) the school is to be converted into an Academ...
Lord Whitty | 720 c329-30 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a bit of a forlorn hope that I can capture the Chamber’s attention at this time of n...
Lord Whitty | 720 c310 (Link to this contribution) As a matter of clarification, does the noble Lord not accept the amendment to his amendment tabled b...
Lord Wallace of Saltaire | 720 c246-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, when I first joined the House of Lords, we did not receive any briefings on anything. That...
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 720 c330 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am delighted to support my noble friend's amendment. It may be late, but the contributio...
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 720 c323-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have listened to the debate on Report with even more concern than I did in Committee. I ...
Lord Whitty | 720 c310-1 (Link to this contribution) That clarifies that matter, and it underlines my position in one sense. I do not believe that the Mi...
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 720 c307 (Link to this contribution) As I understand it, throughout the passage of the Bill, there has been no such thing as a free schoo...
Baroness Whitaker | 720 c292-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I rise to speak briefly to Amendment 44A, which rather oddly is in this group. The argumen...
Viscount Eccles | 720 c238 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I start by saying that I was nothing like so fortunate behind the bicycle sheds as the nob...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 720 c216 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord said that he had shared that information with noble Lords. It would be help...
Subjects
Complaints Access Disability Conditions of employment Codes of practice Accountability Admissions Curriculum Discipline Charities Charity Commission Buildings Design Classroom assistants Church schools Land Freedom of information Education Governing bodies Grammar schools Exemptions Faith schools Ministerial powers Parents Private education Pre-school education Pupil exclusions Pay Property transfer Public bodies Public consultation Monitoring Staff Primary education Non-teaching staff Personal, social, health and economic education Standards Teachers Special educational needs Training Regulation Secondary education Academies Young People's Learning Agency Free schools Relationships and sex education Maintained schools
Legislation
Academies Bill (HL) 2010-12
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