School Standards and Framework Bill — Constitution of governing bodies — 15 Jul 1998

Lords amendment disagreed to.

Lords amendment No. 140 disagreed to .

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 amendments Nos. 369 and 394. Amendment No. 141 involves privilege.

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 amendments Nos. 177, 179, 182 to 186, 383 and 386.

Parents and grandparents are being told that that promise will not be honoured-- [Interruption.]

Lords amendment agreed to.

Lords amendment: No. 143, in page 94, line 22, after ("Agency") insert

("to which subsection (5) applies")

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 discuss Lords amendments Nos. 152, 170 to 174, 181, 351, 354, 355, 362 to 366, 368, 370 to 373, 376 to 382, 384, 385, 387, 390, 391, 393, 395, 396 and 398 to 403.

Lords amendment agreed to.

Lords amendments Nos. 144 to 152 agreed to.

Lords amendment: No. 153, after clause 129, to insert the following new clause-- Minor authorities --

("Construction

.--(1) For the purposes of this Act a maintained school serves an area for which there are one or more minor authorities if the area served by the school is--

(a) a parish or community;

(b) an area in England which is not within a parish and is not situated in--

(i) a county for which there is no council, or

(ii) a county in which there are no district councils; or

(c) an area comprising two or more areas each of which falls within paragraph (a) or (b).

(2) Where the area served by the school is a parish--

(a) the parish council (if there is one), or

(b) the parish meeting (if there is no parish council),

is the minor authority in relation to the school.

(3) Where the area served by the school is a community, the community council is the minor authority in relation to the school.

(4) Where the area served by the school is an area falling within subsection (1)(b), any district council for the whole or part of the area is a minor authority in relation to the school.

(5) Where the area served by the school is an area falling within subsection (1)(c), each of the relevant authorities is a minor authority in relation to the school.

(6) In subsection (5) "the relevant authorities" means the bodies which, if the two or more constituent areas referred to in subsection (1)(c) were taken separately, would be minor authorities in relation to the school.

(7) References in this section to the area served by a school are references to the area appearing to the local education authority to be served by the school.")

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 amendments Nos. 168 and 178,

Lords amendment agreed to.

Lords amendments Nos. 154 to 197 agreed to.

Lords amendment No. 198 disagreed to, and Government amendments (a) to (c) to the words so restored agreed to.

Lords amendment No. 199 disagreed to, and Government amendment to the words so restored agreed to.

Lords amendments Nos. 200 to 236 agreed to.

Lords amendment: No. 237, in page 138, line 20, at end insert--

(" Minor authority governor

. In this Schedule "minor authority governor" means a governor appointed by the town or parish council or parish meeting which covers the locality of any community primary school, any voluntary controlled primary school or any voluntary aided primary school.")

Motion made, and Question put, That this House doth disagree with the Lords in the said amendment.-- [Mr. Byers.]

The House divided: Ayes 275, Noes 130.

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