division_name: Education and Adoption Bill &#8212; <i>Report (2nd Day)</i>
motion: <p class="italic" pid="a.2132.0/1" pwmotiontext="unrecognized">Amendment 16 not moved.</p>
  
  <p pid="a.2132.0/2" pwmotiontext="unrecognized"><b><i>Clause 8: Consultation about conversion</i></b></p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="a.2132.0/3" pwmotiontext="unrecognized">Amendment 16A</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="a.2132.0/4" pwmotiontext="unrecognized"> Moved by Lord Watson of Invergowrie</p>
  
  <p pid="a.2132.0/5" pwmotiontext="unrecognized"><b>16A:</b> Clause 8, page 6, line 25, at end insert&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="a.2132.0/6" pwmotiontext="unrecognized">&#8220;5ZA Consultation about conversion: schools issued with an Academy order</p>
  
  <p pid="a.2132.0/7" pwmotiontext="lines">(1) If a school is issued with an Academy order under section 4(A1) or (1)(b), consultation must be held on whether conversion should take place.</p>
  
  <p pid="a.2132.0/8" pwmotiontext="lines">(2) The consultation exercise must include&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="a.2132.0/9" pwmotiontext="lines">(a) parents of children attending the school;</p>
  
  <p pid="a.2132.0/10" pwmotiontext="lines">(b) teachers and staff at the school;</p>
  
  <p pid="a.2132.0/11" pwmotiontext="lines">(c) governors at the school;</p>
  
  <p pid="a.2132.0/12" pwmotiontext="lines">(d) the relevant local authority;</p>
  
  <p pid="a.2132.0/13" pwmotiontext="lines">(e) such other persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.</p>
  
  <p pid="a.2132.0/14" pwmotiontext="lines">(3) The terms of such consultation, including the minimum length of time that must be allowed, shall be prescribed by the Secretary of State in regulations.</p>
  
  <p pid="a.2132.0/15" pwmotiontext="lines">(4) After the close of the consultation, the Secretary of State must take into account the outcome of the consultation when deciding whether conversion is appropriate for the school.&#8221;</p>