The National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Education) Order 2009

The proposed LCO would extend the field of legislative competence in relation to education and training to include the conduct and governance of maintained schools, securing collaboration between persons or bodies with functions relating to maintained schools and conferring authority on governing bodies (or persons or bodies with functions in relation to maintained schools) to establish a body or other education body that can provide services to schools and Further Education Institutions or which would be able to exercise functions on behalf of local education authorities.

Assembly:

19/10/09 Proposed LCO laid

19/10/09 Written legislative statement by the Minister for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills

20/10/09 Statement in Plenary by the Minister for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills

29/10/09 Consultation opens

24/11/09 Consultation closes

27/01/10 Committee report laid

18/02/10 Draft Order laid

23/02/10 Draft Order approved in Plenary

Westminster:

22/10/09 Secretary of State refers the proposed LCO to Parliament for scrutiny
28/10/09 Welsh Affairs Committee (WAC) call for evidence
09/02/10 Welsh Affairs Committee report published

Further information is available on the National Assembly for Wales' website.