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Focuses on the debate of the Government's Green Paper regarding the education in Great Britain. Improvement of the attainment; Enhancement on the program of higher education; Improvement of the academic subjects.

The article reports on debates in Great Britain House of Commons and the House of Lords from November 14-18, 2005. Former teacher and Labor Member of Parliament Michael Foster said that he wanted to explore how the tools in the White Paper could be used to improve secondary education. The education junior minister, Lord Adonis, told former Education Secretary and now Liberal Democrat peer Baroness Williams that measures requiring legislation were set out in an annex to the White Paper and included the right to discipline pupils, the duties and powers of LEAs in relating to failing schools, more free school transport for poorer families, new curriculum entitlements for 14-19 year olds and the powers of school trusts.

The article presents information on the debates in the House of Commons and the House of Lords in Great Britain, during October 24-28, 2005. The government's White Paper on schools' policy had been well-trailed in advance, as had Ministerial disagreements about how far it should reduce the role of local education authorities. Former Education Secretary Kenneth Baker welcomed the White Paper as a return to the grant-maintained system he had promoted in the 1980's. The White Paper Higher Standards, is underpinned by the twin principles of greater freedoms for schools and more power for parents. The White Paper seeks to improve links with the private school sector and bring in faith bodies, the voluntary sector and private sector and business interests into the running of England's secondary schools.

The article presents information on parliamentary activities in Great Britain connected with education, children's services and training from 7 to 11 November 2005 and future activity planned beyond that. Various topics to be discussed are: the Childcare Bill, local government finance and special educational needs. The Education and Skills Select Committee has announced its inquiry into the schools White Paper, higher standards, better schools for all. It invited written submissions of evidence by November 30, 2005. The Education and Skills Select Committee will take evidence for its inquiry into special educational needs from Ian Coates, Divisional Manager--Special Educational Needs and Disability.

The article presents some of the recent happenings in the British parliament. On Wednesday, 17 November, Liberal Democratic Party leader Charles Kennedy raised the resignation of the head of the National Assessment Agency. There was also an exchange about the importance of education in making Britain an enterprise culture. Also on Wednesday, 17 November, the Select Committee on Education and Skills took oral evidence for its inquiry into prison education from Phil Wheatley, Director General, Prison Service. On Tuesday 16 November, the Secretary of State for Health made a statement on the publication of the Public Health White Paper.

The article provides information on Westminster reports on debates in the British House of Commons and the House of Lords from November, 3 to 7, 2003. The debate titled, Children's Play, in Westminster Hall covered a range of issues and Government departments around child's play, this report focuses on those aspects of the debate that concerned education. The debate was opened by Paddy Tipping, the Labour MP for Sherwood in Nottinghamshire. The debate on the schools in Hackney, centered on the decision of Labour MP for Diane Abbott, to send her child to the independent City of London school rather than a state school in her own constituency. Junior Education & Skills Ministers Ivan Lewis introduced a short debate on vocational education in Government time. The debate followed the publication earlier in the year of the White Papers on skills and on higher education.

The article reports on debates in the House of Commons and the House of Lords from September 8 to 12, 2003. The Secretary of State for Education and Skills, Charles Clarke reporting on the Government's response to the report on the death of Victoria Climbie and announcing the Government's proposed new structure for delivering services to children. Much of Clarke's statement concerned child protection matters outside the scope of Education Parliamentary Monitor but Mr Clarke told MPs that the Green Paper set out reform covering children and young people from birth to 19 living in England. In the medium and long term, Clarke said, it was the government's aim to bring together all services for children and young people, including education, social services and healthcare, in a single organisational structure.

The article reports on debates on education in the House of Commons and the House of Lords. This article presents information on education early day motions and education statutory instruments, along with answers to written questions from the parliament. Member of the parliament Charles Clarke made an oral statement on the Government's Green Paper Every Child Matters. The advocate general for Scotland was asked about the legality of an act of the Scottish Parliament. The Conservatives devoted one of their Opposition Day debates to criticising the Government over the teacher shortage and the problems caused by a lack of adequate funding following changes to the system of local government grant.

The article reports on debates in the House of Commons and the House of Lords from 7 to 11 July 2003. Politician Charles Clarke told MPs that there was a consensus about the need to tackle the skills problem in Great Britain. Skills had to be raised at all levels but the proportion of workforce qualified to the intermediate level of craft and technical skills was low at 28 per cent, compared to 51 per cent in France and 65 per cent in Germany. The Government's skills strategy, set out in the White Paper, provided at national level a network of 23 sector skills councils, providing a voice for employers and employees.

The article presents a selection of written parliamentary questions on education from the House of Commons and the House of Lords. Huw Irranca-Davies asks the secretary of state for education and skills about proportional change the Government expects in (a) the number of (i) foundation degrees and (ii) part-time study and work-based degrees and (b) the proportion of students choosing to live at home while studying on the basis of the proposals in the White Paper. Another member Peter Duncan asks the secretary of state for education and skills about the number of students paying tuition fees in higher education institutions in England and Wales, which are resident in Scotland.

This article reports on Wales education debates in the Wales Assembly, the House of Commons and the House of Lords in Great Britain from April 25 to 29, 2005. Jane Davidson (Lab, Pontypridd), the Minister for Education and Lifelong Learning, proposed the approval of the Head Teachers' Qualifications and Registration (Wales) Regulations 2005. This proposal to make the qualification mandatory in Wales by 2005 was set out in the 1999 Green Paper, The Best for Teaching and Learning. Mark Isherwood (Con, North Wales) proposed an amendment recommending a delay in the implementation, until further consultation has been carried out with head teachers organizations.

This article reports on debates in the House of Commons and the House of Lords of Great Britain that took place from March 17 to 21, 2003. On March 18, a debate on "Universities Research Funding" took place in House of Commons. Whilst most members of parliament were preoccupied with debate on the imminent war against Iraq, a small number met in the debating chamber off Westminster Hall to consider the Government's proposals for university research funding. Jonathan Shaw, member of parliament, opened the debate. He was an opponent of one of the key proposals in the recent higher education White Paper, that research funding should be concentrated on fewer universities. A debate on "Health of School Pupils" took place in House of Commons ob March 18.

A list of all written statements by Ministers in the Great Britain House of Commons and House of Lords concerning education and the wider children agenda published between March 27-31, 2006 is presented. It includes the White Paper "Further Education: Raising Skills-Improving Life Chances," presented by Ruth Kelly, the Secretary of State for Education and Skills. The paper sets out the government's plans for the reform of further education. Another statement was released by Jim Murphy, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Cabinet Office. It is regarding his plans to establish the National School of Government as a separate non-ministerial Department.

This article lists all written statements by Ministers in Great Britain's House of Commons and House of Lords concerning education and the wider children agenda published between January 31 and February 4, 2005. The Secretary of State for Education and Skills Ruth Kelly presented the draft of Children (Contact) and Adoption Bill to the parliament. The Bill takes forward the commitment the British government made in the Green Paper "Parental Separation: Children's Needs and Parents' Responsibilities" to provide the courts with more flexible powers to facilitate contact and enforce contact orders. At present, contact orders can be enforced only through contempt of court proceedings leading to fine or imprisonment.

The article informs that from time to time the Great Britain House of Commons has special question sessions in the Westminster Hall debating chamber on subjects that cut across the normal Government departmental boundaries. Politician John Randall from Uxbridge asked about the links between school exclusion and antisocial behaviour and the Minister for Children, Margaret Hodge, agreed that there was a link between them but no evidence to understand the cause. During further discussion, the Minister said that she hoped to publish a green paper on youth issues next year, which would look at ways to positively engage young people so that they did not become involved in antisocial behaviour.

The article presents details of early day motions (EDMs) on education tabled in the House of Commons from 7 to 11 July 2003. Member of the House, Ronnie Campbell, believes that the guidelines set by the Department for Education and Skills which excludes people claiming working tax credit from applying for free school meals for their children is unfair; and believes that any household whose annual income is below the amount of £13,230 should be eligible to claim. It is reported that the House is concerned that the inability of the honourable Member for Barking to carry out the duties of Minister for Children is impeding the Government's progress in presenting to the House the Green Paper on Children at Risk.

Reports on the concerns expressed by labour party academic Lord Hunt of Chesterton in the House of Lords, Great Britain, about overseas research students on July 10, 2002. Question about increased funding through the Higher Education Funding Council; Plan of the Government to publish a strategy paper on higher education.

Reports on the debate on disabled children conducted by the House of Lords in Great Britain. Implementation of the White Paper commitment; Program of department officials to collect information about disabled children; Data needed on the numbers in residential homes.

The article presents all written statements by Ministers in the House of Commons and House of Lords in Great Britain concerning education and the wider children agenda from February 27 and March 3, 2006. The Secretary of State for Education and Skills, Ruth Kelly, published the Government response to the Select Committee report on the White Paper "Higher Standards, Better Schools for All." The objective of the scheme is to minimize the risk of children and vulnerable adults suffering harm at the hands of those employed to work with them.

The article presents information on all written statements by Ministers in the Great Britain House of Commons and the Great Britain House of Lords concerning education and the wider children agenda published between February 6 to 10, 2006. The Minister for Higher Education and Lifelong Learning, Bill Rammell, said that he had written to heads of all English higher education institutions explaining how the British Government is taking forward the commitment outlined in paragraph 7.10 of the 2003 White Paper "The Future of Higher Education."

The article presents information about the January 30, 2006 issue of the journal "EPM Weekly Bulletin." This issue covers parliamentary activity connected with education, children's services and training on January 23-27, 2006, and future activity planned beyond that. The Public Accounts Committee published its 21st report of the Session 2005/06 on January 24, 2006. The Committee cancelled its original business, which was the taking of evidence for its inquiry into special educational needs. It met in private to try and achieve a consensus among its members for its report on the education White Paper.

The article presents information about debates in the British House of Commons and the House of Lords from January 9 to 13, 2006. The Labour MP Linda Gilroy used a short adjournment debate at the end of Monday's business in the Commons to talk about the Government's White Paper proposals in the context of her own LEA, Plymouth. Legislators Adrian Bailey and Mark Hendrick had asked about classroom behaviour and Secretary of State, Ruth Kelly told them that the Government would shortly be introducing statutory powers for teachers and other staff to discipline pupils.

The article presents information on all written statements by Ministers in the House of Commons and House of Lords in Great Britain concerning education and the wider children agenda published between October 24-28, 2005. There were no written ministerial statements from the Department for Education and Skills on education, training or children's services issues. There were also oral ministerial statements on the schools White Paper in the Commons, made by the Secretary of State, and in the Lords, made by Lord Adonis.