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Susan Deacon: The Scottish Executive and the Scottish Council for Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education (SCPMDE) are currently in the process of undertaking their annual review of the Specialist Registrar (SpR) establishment. This review determines the numbers of higher specialist training places available for each specialty, which in turn determines the number of doctors who will be qualified to fill...
Mr Nick St Aubyn: I beg to move amendment No. 12, in page 1, line 9, at end insert— `(1B)For each such child which is in care, the duty of the Secretary of State shall extend to securing that the welfare needs of that child are properly considered in determining the educational provision for that child.'. The amendment is designed to focus the Committee's mind on the issue of children in care. The...
Jo Johnson: I am always happy to discuss these matters with colleagues. I will be keen to do so. There is always more to do on widening participation, including on the progression of disadvantaged students to more selective institutions and ensuring that the retention, success and progress of some of those students is better. Universities have committed to spend £860 million on improving access and...
Chris Skidmore: As independent and autonomous institutions, higher education (HE) providers are responsible for decisions regarding the contracts they offer to academics. Like all employers, HE providers have a duty of care to their staff. The department expects them to take this very seriously. I gave a speech on 7 May that focused on early career researcher contracts. I am keen that early career academics...
Viscount Younger of Leckie: My Lords, this is a large group of important amendments—I think it is fair to say that it has grown in the past 24 hours—to which we have heard many valuable contributions, so I make no apologies for speaking at some length. Before I do, I wish to reiterate a point made by noble Lords on many occasions during the debate. One of the great strengths of our world-class higher education...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath: ...and considered debates on the Bill throughout its stages in this House. It is also about our united determination to do much better for looked-after children and looked-after children who have left care. The stark statistics which I quoted at Second Reading resulted in our discussions on the amendments: 75 per cent of young people leaving care have no educational qualifications; up to 50...
Lord Clement-Jones: My Lords, I support the very important amendment moved by the noble Earl, Lord Howe. Underlying both this and the previous amendment is the fear that unless the duty is stated in the primary legislation, local authorities will not deliver the support needed to these young people. The noble Earl was correct when he said that they were "damaged" on occasion. They are people who have had none of...
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff: My Lords, I have an amendment in this grouping. It addresses the duty that I would like to see on clinical commissioning groups to promote education and training of the current and future NHS workforce. The reason for putting the future in is because of the undergraduates who are studying to become healthcare professionals. This is important because we know that primary care placements at...
Parmjit Dhanda: The Department for Education and Skills undertook 62 public consultations in the last 12 months. These consultations are listed in the following table. Information on the cost of each consultation could be supplied only at disproportionate cost. Consultation Published 2006 The Ofsted Child Register 6 July Financial Management Standard in Schools—Timetable for all Schools...
Tim Boswell: In the same spirit as before, I put down a marker by pointing out our continuing concern about the functional distinction between a child of school age going to the tribunal and having to make an application through the court. A reasonably careful reading of the clause has left me with another doubt, and I should be grateful if the Minister could alleviate it. The clause provides that the...
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff: My Lords, to state the obvious, without a workforce plan we cannot have a workforce. Amendment 170 certainly seems to get to the heart of the issue, which was so well introduced by the noble Baroness, Lady Cumberlege, and my noble friend Lord Stevens. Others have spoken about the medical and nursing workforce, and therefore I will not repeat those comments. I want to put a plea in for the...
Edward Davey: I beg to move amendment No. 220, in clause 4, page 4, line 22, at end insert— 'or, (c) the Member of Parliament for that district, or (d) a further or higher education institution located in that district, or (e) a Primary Care Trust serving that district.'. The Government inserted subsection (2) into the Bill on the recommendation of the Select Committee. The subsection provides a...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath: ...been an interesting debate. As I said in Committee, it is very important that the NHS maintains high quality teaching and research, not only for the NHS as a service but also, I suggest, on behalf of the wider interests of this country. We have always enjoyed a high reputation as regards the quality of our teaching and research. That is why, for example, the research-based pharmaceutical...
Lord Puttnam: In moving Amendment No. 86A, I wish to speak also to Amendment No. 87A, both of which are probing amendments designed to allow the Government time to reflect and bring forward their own proposals for ensuring the availability of high-quality debt management advice for students. This should apply not only to those taking the decision to incur the debt involved in pursuing university education,...
Mr Hilton Dawson: I should like to make a couple of points about children in local authority care. It is important that we preserve young people's rights to confidentiality—especially the rights of young people approaching the age of 18, when they will leave care and gain access to their child trust fund. I hope that my hon. Friend the Minister will reassure me that those matters are being discussed with...
Will Quince: We welcome the research from the Disabled Children’s Partnership (DCP). The impact of the lockdown in early 2021 on children and young people with education, health and care plans (EHCP) was reflected in Government policy, including ensuring children with EHCPs were provided with suitable, high quality remote education. Guidance to schools on meeting this duty for children with EHCPs...
Stephen Timms: ...intend to give a lengthy explanation, although if there are any questions I shall be happy to answer them. Amendment agreed to. Amendments made: No. 311, in page 184, line 38, at end insert— 'Education Act 1986 (c. 40) In section 1(1) of the Education Act 1986 (payment of grant) for ''either of them'' there is substituted ''that body''.' No. 312, in page 184, line 38, at end...
Nicholas Boles: The Department for Education does not hold information about the impact of devolving the duty on young people in Wirral or the Liverpool City region specifically. Since 2012, all maintained schools in England have been legally required to secure independent careers guidance for their pupils. The decision to devolve this responsibility to schools was made in light of evidence that the previous...
Alex Burghart: ...equivalent or lower qualification rules, however, were designed to help maintain a sustainable system. As such, we are designing the lifelong loan entitlement not only to support students pursuing higher and further education flexibly, but to share the costs fairly. We want the lifelong loan entitlement to provide value for money to students, the education sector and the taxpayer. The...
Mr Alan Howarth: I am grateful, as is the House, to my hon. Friend the Member for Croydon, North-West (Mr. Malins) for providing us with this opportunity to consider education for adults in Croydon. The House always appreciates the close interest which you, Mr. Speaker, take in Adjournment debates initiated by hon. Members on the Back Benches, but you will have an even greater personal interest than usual...
