Special Educational Needs and Disability Bill [H.L.] — 20 Feb 2001 at 21:25

Clause 4 [Compliance with orders]:

moved Amendment No. 41:

After Clause 4, insert the following new clause--

:TITLE3:GOVERNORS: POWER OF OBJECTION

(" . If the governors of a mainstream school object to the proposed admission of a pupil who has special needs on grounds of inadequate facilities for that pupil in that school, or inadequate or insufficient staffing for that pupil in that school, the governors' objections shall be sustained until such time as the Local Education Authority has--

(a) made the appropriate extra provision to that school, or

(b) until the Tribunal has ruled that the existing provision is satisfactory for that pupil.").

On Question, Whether the said amendment (No. 41) shall be agreed to?

Their Lordships divided: Contents, 23; Not-Contents, 86.

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Party Summary

Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.

What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.

What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (Not-Content)Minority (Content)Turnout
Con0 21 (+2 tell)10.1%
Crossbench3 01.9%
Lab65 (+2 tell) 033.8%
LDem16 025.8%
Total:84 2116.8%

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