HC Deb 21 October 1981 vol 10 cc316-7

Lords amendment: No. 5, in page 11, line 40, at end insert or of a local education authority in England and Wales".

Mr. Alexander Fletcher

I beg to move, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said amendment.

Mr. Deputy Speaker

With this it will be convenient to take Lords amendment No. 6

Mr. Fletcher

The amendments are designed for the removal of doubt. Clause 2 determines that an authority which accedes to a placing request is not duty bound to provide transport or board and lodging for children from outside its area. The disapplication of such duties did not, in terms, apply to children from England and Wales attending schools in Scotland. The amendments make it clear that children from over the border are to be treated on the same footing as their Scottish counterparts, and that education authorities are under no duty to provide transport or other services for children from England and Wales.

Question put and agreed to.

Lords amendment No. 6 agreed to.

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