Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill

Lord Popat Excerpts

Monday 9th March 2015 Lords Chamber

Moved by

[Lord Popat]

33AAA: Clause 72, page 53, line 25, after second “rent” insert “only”

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Moved by

[Lord Popat]

34: Clause 75, page 54, line 36, leave out subsection (5)

[Lord Popat (Con)]

My Lords, Amendment 34 is a minor and technical amendment to Clause 75. It will remove subsection (5) of the clause, which made provision for a consequential amendment relating to independent school standards. This subsection is now no longer necessary, due to the repeal in England of Section 157(2)(b) of the Education Act 2002 by paragraph 16 of Schedule 1 to the Education and Skills Act 2008. Therefore, it now makes sense to take this opportunity to remove this subsection. This will not affect the purpose, impact or effect of Clause 75; it is a simple housekeeping amendment. I beg to move.

[Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Lab)]

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord for giving that explanation. We concur that this is a minor technical amendment. We rehearsed the wider issues about the practicalities and appropriateness of very young children being cared for on school premises and the wider issues around exemption from registering as an early years provider in Committee and I do not intend to rehearse those arguments again at this stage. We are content that the amendment should go forward.

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[Lord Naseby]

My Lords—

[Lord Popat]

My Lords, this is Report and we prefer not to take further interventions.

[Lord Forsyth of Drumlean]

I believe that interventions seeking information are allowed once on Report, so I will give way to my noble friend.