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Education Bill

Debate on bills on Tuesday, 1 November 2011, in the House of Lords.
Education Bill. Lords report stage fourth day. Bill, as amended, ordered to be printed (HL Bill 108).

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731 c1133-211 

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2010-12

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Report stage

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New clauses

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House of Lords chamber
Education Bill. As amended on report. (Lords Minutes).
Tuesday, 1 November 2011
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Education Bill. As amended in Grand Committee.
Tuesday, 4 October 2011
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Proceeding contributions

Baroness Brinton | 731 c1209-10 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for her response and the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, for his contribution. Ther...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 731 c1210 (Link to this contribution) 89ZC: Clause 78, page 58, line 14, leave out ““(8)”” and insert ““(9)””

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Lord Hill of Oareford | 731 c1210 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I end with a whimper and not a bang. As noble Lords will recall, we agreed four government...
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch | 731 c1210 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I was trying not to get drawn into ending on a whimper as well. I was not going to say any...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 731 c1210-1 (Link to this contribution) 89ZD: Clause 78, page 58, line 16, leave out ““(9) and (10)”” and insert ““and (9) to (11)”” 89A: ...
Baroness Verma | 731 c1208-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, first, I thank my noble friend and the noble Lord for their warm welcome to the Government...
Baroness Brinton | 731 c1206-7 (Link to this contribution) I rise to speak to Amendment 89ZA in my name. I thank the Minister for her letter of 25 October, in ...
Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | 731 c1207-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall also speak to Amendment 89ZA in the names of the noble Baronesses, Lady Brinton an...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 731 c1200-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful for the broad welcome from all sides of the House for what we are attempting...
Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | 731 c1202 (Link to this contribution) 89ZZE: Clause 72, page 56, line 16 at end insert ““or ( ) for the period until the first repayment i...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 731 c1199 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, like other noble Lords, I very much welcome these pilots and I am very grateful to the Min...
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch | 731 c1199-200 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, like many noble Lords in the Chamber, we welcome the direct payments initiative. It is rig...
Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | 731 c1205 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister very much for that and in particular for her closing remarks about co...
Baroness Brinton | 731 c1205-6 (Link to this contribution) 89ZA: After Clause 73, insert the following new Clause— ““Repayment of loans for part-time students ...
Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | 731 c1202-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Clause 72 amends the powers given to the Secretary of State in the Teaching and Higher Edu...
Baroness Verma | 731 c1203-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the amendment moved by the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, seeks to place a statutory requirem...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 731 c1197 (Link to this contribution) 89ZZDAA: After Clause 71, Line 118, leave out from beginning to ““may”” in line 122 and insert— ““(3...
Lord Touhig | 731 c1197-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, by introducing these new clauses into the Bill the Government will allow local councils to...
Lord Lingfield | 731 c1198-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I particularly welcome this new clause because one of the most important items in it allow...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 731 c1192-3 (Link to this contribution) 89ZZB: After Clause 67, insert the following new Clause— ““Securing the provision of apprenticeship ...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 731 c1193 (Link to this contribution) 89ZZC: Schedule 18, page 130, line 22, leave out paragraph 7 Amendment 89ZZC agreed. Amendment 89Z...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 731 c1193-5 (Link to this contribution) 89ZZD: After Clause 71, insert the following new Clause— ““Direct payments: persons with special edu...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 731 c1195-7 (Link to this contribution) I start by setting out the context for this new clause. Our SEN and disability Green Paper set out t...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 731 c1189-90 (Link to this contribution) I was coming to the noble Lord’s contribution and I was going to address that very word. I do not be...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 731 c1190 (Link to this contribution) 89ZZAA: Clause 67, page 53, line 26, at end insert— ““( ) With the objective of achieving the appren...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 731 c1190 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I wish to test the opinion of the House. Division on Amendment 89ZZAA Contents 140; Not-...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 731 c1142-4 (Link to this contribution) 84ZA: Schedule 12, page 91, line 42, at end insert— ““ In section 33I(2) (instrument and articles of...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 731 c1144 (Link to this contribution) 84ZJ: Schedule 12, page 96, line 26, after ““(1)”” insert ““— (a) after the definition of ““further ...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 731 c1138 (Link to this contribution) 82C: Schedule 12, page 90, line 40, at end insert— ““( ) In subsection (4)(c), for ““27”” substitute...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 731 c1138-42 (Link to this contribution) 83A: Schedule 12, page 91, line 18, at end insert— ““ In section 20 (constitution of further educati...
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch | 731 c1147-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Amendment 84A has a simple but fundamental aim—that is, to ensure that all teachers practi...
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch | 731 c1147 (Link to this contribution) 84A: After Clause 52, insert the following new Clause— ““Academies: school teachers’ qualifications ...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 731 c1146 (Link to this contribution) 84ZM: Schedule 12, page 96, line 33, at end insert— ““ (1) LSA 2000 is amended as follows. (2) In se...
Baroness Walmsley | 731 c1149 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, used the analogy of unqualified doctors in a hospital. Whi...
Baroness Massey of Darwen | 731 c1148-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am seriously concerned about the issue of having non-qualified teachers in a classroom. ...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 731 c1133 (Link to this contribution) 81: Clause 41, page 37, line 13, leave out ““follows”” and insert ““set out in subsections (2) to (1...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 731 c1134-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will speak to the government amendments in this group. As noble Lords may be aware, in O...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 731 c1134 (Link to this contribution) 82B: Schedule 12, page 90, line 38, at end insert— ““ After section 16 insert— ““16A Publication of ...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 731 c1136-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have two amendments in this grouping, Amendments 83 and 84. They do indeed pick up the i...
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch | 731 c1136 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as the Minister has indicated, we have tabled Amendment 84ZLA in this group. Its aim was t...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 731 c1137-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Sharp for raising the issue of promoting well-being, and take...
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch | 731 c1162-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, under existing legislation, before a maintained school can convert into an academy, its go...
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch | 731 c1162 (Link to this contribution) 84B: Clause 55, page 45, line 40, leave out from ““England”” to end of line and insert ““applies for...
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch | 731 c1158-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as other noble Lords have said, we have had a very good and wide debate on this issue. I a...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 731 c1158 (Link to this contribution) I do not think that that would necessarily be the case. For that to be so, one would have to accept ...
Lord Knight of Weymouth | 731 c1157 (Link to this contribution) Beyond saying that there is quite a lot of flexibility in the proposal, can the Minister tell us whe...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 731 c1164-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as my noble friend Lady Walmsley has said, we debated these issues at length and amended t...
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch | 731 c1166 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness and the Minister for their responses. Several issues are fundam...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 731 c1163-4 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I could say a couple of words now and obviously reply at greater length later. There are a c...
Baroness Walmsley | 731 c1164 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I apologise to my noble friend the Minister for standing up too soon. I want to address t...
Lord Northbourne | 731 c1151-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this suggests that teaching is not entirely about qualifications; it is also a gift of God...
Lord Knight of Weymouth | 731 c1150-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is an important amendment and it is important for the Minister to respond to the ques...
Lord Storey | 731 c1152-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have said before in this House that the most important thing for a student is the qualit...
Lord Sutherland of Houndwood | 731 c1152 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is an amendment about professionalism, and I think everyone who has spoken supports t...
Baroness Perry of Southwark | 731 c1150 (Link to this contribution) I yield to no one in recognising the importance of the right kind of training for teachers and I hav...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 731 c1156-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I agree with the noble Baroness, Lady Morris, that this has been an extremely good and int...
Baroness Morris of Yardley | 731 c1153-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I also support this amendment, on which there is a fair degree of unanimity across the Cha...
Lord Lucas | 731 c1155 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the man that my noble friend Lady Perry was remembering was Tristram Jones-Parry—one of th...
Baroness Warnock | 731 c1155 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support what the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, has just said. In the case of languages particu...
Baroness Benjamin | 731 c1155-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, many Afro-Caribbean families feel that their children are not being served well in schools...
Lord Avebury | 731 c1175-6 (Link to this contribution) No one is suggesting that there should be any restriction on the right of parents to choose whatever...
Lord Deben | 731 c1175 (Link to this contribution) I merely say to my noble friend that the point that I was making is that parents may wish to choose ...
Lord Avebury | 731 c1175 (Link to this contribution) I had no objection to the noble Lord intervening, if that is what he was doing.
Baroness Garden of Frognal | 731 c1174 (Link to this contribution) I apologise to my noble friend, but under the rules of Report noble Lords may speak only once in the...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 731 c1180 (Link to this contribution) 89: Clause 62, page 51, line 6, leave out paragraph (b) Amendment 89 agreed. Clause 67 : The appre...
Baroness Turner of Camden | 731 c1179-80 (Link to this contribution) I thank all the noble Lords who have contributed to a very interesting debate. Of course, a lot of i...
Baroness Garden of Frognal | 731 c1177-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this debate allows us to return to the topic of faith schooling. As we have made clear in ...
Lord Touhig | 731 c1176-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have some concerns about these amendments, in particular Amendment 86 in the name of my ...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 731 c1180 (Link to this contribution) 89ZZA: Clause 67, page 53, line 26, at end insert— ““( ) The Secretary of State will make available ...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 731 c1180-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendments 89ZZAA, 89ZZAB, and 89ZZB. Before I get into the nub of t...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 731 c1169-70 (Link to this contribution) 84C: After Clause 56, insert the following new Clause— ““Academy orders: local authority powers In s...
Baroness Turner of Camden | 731 c1170-1 (Link to this contribution) I shall speak also to the amendments in my name with which Amendment 85 is grouped. I am attempting...
Baroness Turner of Camden | 731 c1170 (Link to this contribution) 85: Clause 60, page 49, line 1, at end insert— ““( ) In section 59(1) of SSFA 1998 (religious opinio...
Baroness Massey of Darwen | 731 c1171-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 88 in this group. I support my noble friend Lady Turner in her p...
Baroness Whitaker | 731 c1174 (Link to this contribution) I am in some difficulty, because I cannot find where in this group of amendments the right to choose...
Lord Deben | 731 c1173 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I believe that these amendments should be resisted because they are discriminatory. I was ...
Lord Deben | 731 c1174 (Link to this contribution) I listened with very considerable care to how the amendments were introduced by the noble Baronesses...
Lord Avebury | 731 c1174 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have seldom heard a more hysterical and inaccurate speech than the one that we have just...
Lord Deben | 731 c1174 (Link to this contribution) Will my noble friend give way as he has made a specific—
Lord Willis of Knaresborough | 731 c1189 (Link to this contribution) I was about to refer to the noble Lord as the honourable gentleman. He is an honourable gentleman. I...
Lord Willis of Knaresborough | 731 c1185-6 (Link to this contribution) I support particularly Amendment 89ZZB in the name of my noble friend Lord Hill. I echo the comments...
Lord Elton | 731 c1186 (Link to this contribution) I am encouraged to rise briefly after what my noble friend has just said. Something has been worryin...
Baroness Wall of New Barnet | 731 c1183-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, have put my name to Amendment 89ZZA. I welcome the opportunity to extend the congr...
Lord Layard | 731 c1184-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I warmly welcome the government amendments that have been proposed, and I think the same g...
Baroness Verma | 731 c1188-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, perhaps I may reiterate to the noble Lord that we are in economic dire straits, but still ...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 731 c1189 (Link to this contribution) I tried to be measured in my words and I do not think that I have been ungracious: I acknowledged th...
Baroness Verma | 731 c1186-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I want to respond to the amendments tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Young, and of course to...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 731 c1188 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for her response and thank all those noble Lords who have participate...
Baroness Verma | 731 c1183 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I should like to speak to the government amendments in this group, tabled in the name of m...
Lord Hill of Oareford | 731 c1144-6 (Link to this contribution) 84ZL: Schedule 12, page 96, line 31, leave out paragraph 35 and insert— ““ For Schedule 4 substitute...
Bishop of Oxford | 731 c1172-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Amendment 85, proposed by the noble Baroness, Lady Turner, seeks to make it plain that rel...
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