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Academies Bill [HL]

Debate on bills on Tuesday, 13 July 2010, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Hill of Oareford. The answering member was Lord Hunt of Kings Heath.
Academies Bill (HL). Lords third reading debate. Agreed to on question. Bill passed and sent to the Commons with amendments.

About these Parliamentary proceedings

Reference

720 c608-44 

Session

2010-12

Department

Department for Education

Legislative stage

Third reading

Procedure

Government defeats
New clauses

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber

Related items

Academies Bill (HL). As amended on Report.
Wednesday, 7 July 2010
Bills
House of Lords
Academies Bill (HL). Brought from the Lords. Explanatory Notes Bill 57-EN also published.
Tuesday, 13 July 2010
Bills
House of Commons
School Finance (England) Regulations 2008
Thursday, 7 February 2008
Statutory instruments
House of Lords
House of Commons

Proceeding contributions

Baroness Walmsley | 720 c642 (Link to this contribution) I hope the House will allow me to say on behalf of the mover, since clarification has been required,...
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 720 c642-3 (Link to this contribution) Well, another Morgan rises. This is a very interesting amendment. It has prompted quite a fascinatin...

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Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c643-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am very grateful to my noble friend Lady Williams for moving this amendment, not least b...
Baroness Williams of Crosby | 720 c644 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister and will comment briefly on the agreeable words of the noble Baroness...
Baroness Wilkins | 720 c611 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this amendment is also tabled in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Howe of Idlicote. Bo...
Baroness Wilkins | 720 c610 (Link to this contribution) 2: Clause 2, page 2, line 43, at end insert— "( ) In Schedule 1 to the School Finance (England) Regu...
Lord Knight of Weymouth | 720 c612 (Link to this contribution) In the conversation that the noble Baroness had with her group in the other place, was it discussed ...
Baroness Walmsley | 720 c612 (Link to this contribution) There are indeed many complex issues to be further explored and I am sure that this will be done in ...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 720 c611-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I also support this amendment, as I have done on previous occasions. It is sad indeed that...
Lord Low of Dalston | 720 c613-4 (Link to this contribution) The case has been well made by the noble Baronesses, Lady Wilkins and Lady Howe, and others. I spoke...
Earl of Listowel | 720 c614 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am concerned that there is continuing anxiety about the protection for children’s specia...
Lord Willis of Knaresborough | 720 c613 (Link to this contribution) I was not in the House when the Bill was presented, but I wish to raise an issue on this important a...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 720 c614 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this has been mentioned on a number of occasions and I want to intervene very briefly. In ...
Baroness Campbell of Surbiton | 720 c615 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I also support the amendment of the noble Baroness, Lady Wilkins. I am sorry I was unable ...
Lord Lucas | 720 c615 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I agree that this is a problem which needs to be sorted out as we move to a world where th...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 720 c615-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, there seem to be two issues here: one is the question of how to deal effectively with low-...
Baroness Grey-Thompson | 720 c615 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I also support the amendment of the noble Baroness, Lady Wilkins. As a child whose parents...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c616-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful for the points that have been raised in this debate. We have, rightly, spent...
Lord Whitty | 720 c620-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I think we have just seen the need for the Government to listen. Amendment 3 is about cons...
Baroness Perry of Southwark | 720 c622-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am surprised and sad that the amendment has come back at Third Reading in this form. Lik...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 720 c608 (Link to this contribution) 1: Clause 1, page 2, line 9, at end insert— ( ) the parent governors of the school are elected by th...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 720 c610 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord for that; it very much reassures me and other noble Lords....
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 720 c608-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in Committee and on Report, we had interesting discussions on the role of governors. Over ...
Baroness Walmsley | 720 c609 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my noble friend knows how very much we, too, believe in the importance of parent governors...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 720 c609 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it will not surprise your Lordships to know that I fully support the amendment, and would ...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c609-10 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful for the points that have been raised and believe that I can provide that rea...
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 720 c635-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is my turn to pop up from behind the Dispatch Box. I was very interested to hear the no...
Lord Whitty | 720 c636 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support Amendment 8 as an amendment to Amendment 7, because it would require the Governm...
Lord Phillips of Sudbury | 720 c635 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Lord for giving way; he may have finished. It was precisely to elicit a c...
Lord Adonis | 720 c635 (Link to this contribution) I had almost finished. I just wish to make one concluding point. I support the policy of new school ...
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 720 c638 (Link to this contribution) Before the Minister responds to that point, will he also consider the points made by my noble friend...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c638 (Link to this contribution) I was not disputing for one moment that it is an important issue. I was attempting, however crudely,...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c636-7 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the comments that have come from all sides of the House about consultation. I am g...
Lord Phillips of Sudbury | 720 c638 (Link to this contribution) I apologise for interrupting the last gasp of the Minister’s excellent reply, but would it be fair t...
Lord Bates | 720 c634 (Link to this contribution) Let me correct that for the record in Hansard. There was no suggestion of that at all.
Lord Adonis | 720 c634-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Hill, on his Amendments 6 and 7. He has gone as far as...
Baroness Walmsley | 720 c640 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I added my name to this amendment, which I strongly commend to the House. I share my noble...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 720 c640 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, support the amendment. It is very important that if it is agreed, or if the Minist...
Lord Adonis | 720 c641 (Link to this contribution) I have absolutely no objection to the amendment. If this is part of the glue that is holding the coa...
Lord Willis of Knaresborough | 720 c641 (Link to this contribution) First, I am extremely supportive of these amendments, but I was amused by the comments of the noble ...
Baroness Garden of Frognal | 720 c642 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, support this amendment in the name of my noble friends. The process of having an a...
Baroness Morgan of Huyton | 720 c642 (Link to this contribution) I have a question for the mover of the amendment. While I am not unsympathetic to this amendment, be...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c638 (Link to this contribution) 7: Before Clause 9, insert the following new Clause— "Consultation: additional schools (1) Before en...
Baroness Williams of Crosby | 720 c639-40 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister and to the Secretary of State in another place for the consideration a...
Baroness Walmsley | 720 c626 (Link to this contribution) I would love to hear what was said a few minutes ago. We are very much in favour of consultation on ...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c625 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we return again to the issue of consultation—and we will have another go in a moment with ...
Lord Whitty | 720 c626 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am disappointed by that. I have been reasonable: I have listened to what the Minister ha...
Baroness Walmsley | 720 c623-4 (Link to this contribution) The noble Baroness is very quick on her feet this afternoon but that is not the sort of list we are ...
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 720 c624-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have learnt so much about conversion in the process of this Bill. I have learnt about th...
Baroness Walmsley | 720 c623 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we on these Benches are second to no one in our enthusiasm for proposing the most widespre...
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 720 c623 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does the noble Lady agree that we are still convincing those on the other side of the Cham...
Lord Whitty | 720 c629-30 (Link to this contribution) 5: Clause 5, page 4, line 6, leave out subsection (3) and insert— "(3) In the case of a new (or free...
Lord Whitty | 720 c627 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, if you still allow consultation to take place as "or after" implies in subsection (3), you...
Lord Willis of Knaresborough | 720 c633 (Link to this contribution) I apologise to the noble Lord but I am trying to get the parlance correct. It would be helpful if he...
Lord Knight of Weymouth | 720 c633 (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord will know that academies have been used to replace failing schools, so there is a fun...
Baroness Walmsley | 720 c633-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, welcome Amendments 6 and 7, and I am glad that the noble Lord, Lord Hill, has resp...
Lord Bates | 720 c634 (Link to this contribution) Briefly, I support my noble friend and place on record a slight disagreement on the amendment from t...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c630 (Link to this contribution) 6: Before Clause 9, insert the following new Clause— "Impact: additional schools (1) This section ap...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 720 c630-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it gives me great pleasure to move Amendment 6 and speak to Amendment 7. These two amendme...
Lord Phillips of Sudbury | 720 c631 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am most grateful to my noble friend for listening to the arguments advanced at the previ...
Lord Knight of Weymouth | 720 c631-3 (Link to this contribution) I pay tribute to the Minister for ceding the principle around the impact of additional schools. He h...
Lord Whitty | 720 c630 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in view of the Government’s attitude to my previous amendment and of the vote, I shall not...
Baroness Walmsley | 720 c634 (Link to this contribution) I do not want the noble Lord to get away with the idea that I do not support these amendments. I sim...
Lord Whitty | 720 c620 (Link to this contribution) 3: Clause 3, page 3, line 4, at end insert— "(1A) Before making an application for an Academy order,...
Baroness Williams of Crosby | 720 c638 (Link to this contribution) 9: Before Clause 9, insert the following new Clause— "Annual reports (1) For each academic year the ...
Baroness Walmsley | 720 c612-3 (Link to this contribution) I understand the point that the noble Lord, Lord Knight, is making, but I did not discuss that matte...
Baroness Wilkins | 720 c617 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am most grateful to all Members of the House who have spoken in support of this amendmen...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 720 c641 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am, I admit, rather attracted to this idea. Maybe it has gone on in the past and it has ...

Subjects

Disability
Finance
Education
Governing bodies
Expenditure
Local government
Parents
Public consultation
Primary education
Standards
Special educational needs
Secondary education
Academies
Free schools

Legislation

Academies Bill (HL) 2010-12

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