What the Bill committee still has to cover
The CSF Bill Committee has got as far as Clause 6 which leaves the following with amendments to be debated on Tuesday and Thursday next week:
Children with special educational needs etc
7 School inspections: pupils with disabilities or special educational needs
88 + 170 + 171 + 169 + 172 + 89 + 1478 Right of appeal against determination by local authority not to amend statement
75 + 157 + 233+165Exceptional provision for ill or excluded children etc
9 Exceptional provision of education in short stay schools or elsewhere
166 + 168
192+167 + 187 + 191+158The curriculum
10 Areas of learning
54 + 52 + 238 + 50 + 182 + 53 + 183
148 + 159 + 48 + 150 + 160 +193+ 51 + 161
18611 PSHE in maintained schools
55 + 58 + 106 + 56 + 59 + 77+NC6
76
78 + 57 + 79 + 6013 Sex and relationships education: manner of provision
197+62+17314 Exemption from sex and relationships education
63 + 162 + 163 + 164 + 65+ 64 + 112+195Powers of governing bodies
15 Power to provide community facilities etc
23418 Power to propose new schools
67 + 66School improvement etc
19 School improvement partners
68 + 198+194+87+19920 Provision of information about schools, etc
200+69+201+202+23522 Schools causing concern: powers of Secretary of State, etc
203School teachers’ qualifications
23 Licence to practise
20424 Requirement to be licensed
196Home education
26 Home education: England
210+152+211+213+151+212+215+216+ 214+217+70+107+108+153+218+114
71+110+219+220+109+221+222+111+223 +224
229+230
225+NC5
226 +73 + 115 + 116 + 227+72+231+228
113 + 117Local Safeguarding Children Boards
28 Supply of information requested by LSCBs in England
239+240+241+242+81+205+243 to 248
20630 Review by Chief Inspector of performance of LSCBs in England
82+83+207+84New clauses
NC1 NC2 NC3 NC4
I must admit to being rather surprised that there aren’t any under Family Proceedings, clauses 32 to 41, but even without that, it’s a LOT to get through isn’t it?
Ciaran Said on January 28th, 2010 at 9:00 pm quote
It is. I don’t see how they can possibly do it, which is probably the intention anyway.
I don’t think it really matters anyway - the carefully selected (i.e. unlikely to disagree with the ministers) Labour members of the committee outnumber those from the other parties, because they do in the Commons. However much time they had, I wouldn’t expect any worthwhile amendments to happen before the bill gets to the Lords.
The best hope still seems to me to be running out of time in the Lords, before the election is called. Fortunately it can’t be rushed through that house the way it can in the Commons.
Fiona Nicholson, Education Otherwise Said on January 29th, 2010 at 6:49 am quote
Monday is the deadline for amendments to the Bill Committee. The Bill will presumably go to Report stage with some sort of parliamentary debate w/c February 8th with Third Reading in Commons and First Reading in Lords by February 10th before parliamentary hols on the 10th. Second Reading in the Lords straight after the hols w/c Feb 22nd I guess. Lords can submit amendments in the holidays, the office is open. I think if we want to understand Lords amendments strategy we should look at what Lord Lucas has been doing with the Digital Economy Bill.
Fiona