HL Deb 17 July 1996 vol 574 cc834-6

3.9 p.m.

Read a third time.

Clause 220 [Subsequent instruments of government]:

The Lord Chancellor (Lord Mackay of Clashfern) moved Amendment No. 1: Page 117, line 29, after ("under") insert ("section 57(1)(a) of the Education Act 1993 or").

The noble and learned Lord said: My Lords, I should like to speak also to the other amendments which stand in my name on the Marshalled List. These amendments are relatively minor and technical in nature. They are intended to clarify various of the Bill's existing provisions, to rectify a small number of drafting omissions and to ensure that the Bill fully reflects the law which it is intended to consolidate. The amendments have been seen by my noble and learned friend Lord Lloyd of Berwick, the Lord Chairman of the Joint Committee on Consolidation Bills, for whose assistance I am very grateful. I beg to move.

Lord Morris of Castle Morris

My Lords, on behalf of my party, I have carefully looked over the consolidation, and I can find no fault with it. By the same token, I am content with all 13 amendments standing in the name of the noble and learned Lord the Lord Chancellor. In so far as I am competent to judge them, they dot the "i"s and cross the "t"s in an agreeable fashion.

I am also grateful to the officials of the noble and learned Lord's department for the considerable courtesy that they extended to me in giving me early sight of the parliamentary draftsmen's notes on the amendments, which I found extremely helpful whenever I did not find them totally incomprehensible. I hope that the noble and learned Lord will convey my thanks to his officials and wish them jointly and severally on my behalf a very happy summer holiday.

The Lord Chancellor

My Lords, I am extremely grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Morris of Castle Morris. I regret to say that the summer holidays are still a little distant for some of my colleagues who are working in this area.

On Question, amendment agreed to.

Clause 221 [Subsequent articles of government]:

The Lord Chancellor moved Amendment No. 2: Page 118, line 28, after ("under") insert ("section 58(1)(a) of the Education Act 1993 or").

On Question, amendment agreed to.

Clause 322 [Duty of Health Authority or local authority to help local education authority]:

The Lord Chancellor moved Amendment No. 3: Page 180. line 42, leave out ("metropolitan district council") and insert ("district council (other than one for an area for which there is a county council)").

On Question, amendment agreed to.

Clause 389 [Exceptions and special arrangements]:

The Lord Chancellor moved Amendment No. 4: Page 218, line 34. leave out from ("of") to ("on") in line 35 and insert ("a school session (or, if there is only one, the school session)").

On Question, amendment agreed to.

Schedule 19 [Conduct and staffing of new county, voluntary and maintained special schools]:

The Lord Chancellor moved Amendment No. 5: Page 387, line 44, leave out from ("which") to second ("school") in line 45 and insert ("each of the school sessions (or. if there is only one. the").

On Question, amendment agreed to.

Schedule 37 [Consequential amendments]:

The Lord Chancellor moved Amendments Nos. 6 to 9: Page 443, line 20. leave out ("Subsection (8) is") and insert ("Subsections (8) and (13) are"). Page 453, line 14, after ("4(1)") insert ("and (2)"). Page 453. line 20, at end insert— (".—(1) Section 4 of the Nursery Education and Grant-Maintained Schools Act 1996 (children with special educational needs) shall be amended as follows. (2) In subsection (1) —

  1. (a) for "section 157 of the Education Act 1993)" there is substituted "section 313 of the Education Act 1996)"; and
  2. (b) for "Part III" there is substituted "Part IV".
(3) In each of subsections (2) and (3), for "Part III of the Education Act 1993" there is substituted "Part IV of the Education Act 1996"."). Page 453. line 21. leave out ("the Nursery Education and Grant-Maintained Schools Act 1996") and insert ("that Act").

On Question, amendments agreed to.

Schedule 38 [Repeals and revocations]:

The Lord Chancellor moved Amendment No. 10: Page 457. line 47, at end insert—

("1991 No.2. Diocesan Boards of Education Measure 1991. In section 10(1), the definition of "the 1988 Act".")

On Question, amendment agreed to.

Schedule 39 [Transitional provisions and savings]:

The Lord Chancellor moved Amendments Nos. 11 to 13: Page 460, line 12, at end insert ("made or"). Page 468, leave out lines 23 to 29 and insert— ("Contracts of staff transferred to School Curriculum and Assessment Authority or Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales 36.—(1) The repeal by this Act of—

  1. (a) section 15 of the Education Reform Act 1988 (transfer of staff of School Curriculum Development Committee or Secondary Examinations Council), or
  2. (b) section 248 of the Education Act 1993 (transfer of staff of National Curriculum Council and School Examinations and Assessment Council),
shall not affect the continued operation of section 15(3) to (5) or (as the case may he) section 248(2) and (3) in relation to any contract of employment in relation to which those provisions applied immediately before the commencement of this Act. (2) Nothing in this Act shall affect the continued operation of Article 4 of the Education (School Curriculum and Assessment Authority) (Transfer of Functions) Order 1995 in relation to the person mentioned in that Article."). Page 471. leave out lines 13 to 16.

On Question, amendments agreed to.

The Lord Chancellor

My Lords, I beg to move that the Bill do now pass.

Moved, That the Bill do now pass.—(The Lord Chancellor.)

On Question, Bill passed, and sent to the Commons.