STRIKE all language in the bill and replace with the following:
Schools (Violence and Abuse) Act 2019
Key Provisions
- The Secretary of State shall, within three months of the coming into force of this Act, issue statutory guidance to all schools regarding the implementation of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 with regards to addressing workplace violence and abuse against teachers.
- Such statutory guidance shall include, at a minimum, the legal requirement that employers of teachers and staff:
-- Include in their risk assessments of workplace safety with respect to teachers and staff the possibility of violence and/or abuse and conduct such risk assessments on an annual basis.
-- Include in their health and safety policies a procedure through which complaints about violence or abuse are reported to employers, administrators, or designated staff.
-- Include in this complaints procedure a method by which complaints will be investigated, statements will be taken, and reports will be prepared and agreed upon by the member of staff who was the victim of behaviour leading to the complaint.
-- Include in their health and safety policies a series of actions to be taken to address this risk specifically
-- Include in their health and safety policies actions to protect staff and teachers that report violence and abuse. Such actions should include (but not be limited to) providing a safe space for teachers and staff that need it, providing contact with union members and officials for support, providing medical treatment if needed, providing counseling services, and providing those teachers and staff a chance to weigh in on a revised risk assessment.
-- Include in their health and safety policies a procedure through which abuse and violence is appropriately reported to local police.
- The Health and Safety Executive shall establish a reporting mechanism wherein staff and teachers may directly report instances of violence and abuse where teachers and staff have tried to submit a complaint through normal health and safety policy procedures but where there has been no additional action taken.
- Employers, administrators, designated staff identified by health and safety policies, or any individual working in a school who:
-- fails to take action on a complaint of abuse and/or violence within a reasonable period of time, such period not to exceed two weeks from the date of complaint,
-- discourages teachers from reporting instances of abuse and/of violence,
-- refuses to explain to a teacher how they are able to report instances of abuse and/or violence, and/or
-- creates a hostile environment in which a teacher is reasonably led to believe that they will suffer some sort of negative consequence for reporting instances of abuse and/or violence
- shall be considered liable for failing to discharge a duty to which they are subject by virtue of sections 2 to 7 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
- The Secretary of State shall, within three months of the coming into force of this Act, issue statutory guidance to all schools regarding assistance and support of pupils or students whose behaviour presents a demonstrable and ongoing risk to the health, safety and wellbeing to other members of the school community. Such statutory guidance shall include, at a minimum:
-- The procedures for developing an individual risk assessment and the procedure for sharing such risk assessment with staff.
-- The inclusion of measures to protect staff from risk including those that might arise from threats while also balancing the right of a student to receive an education.
-- The procedures for securing health support for such pupils or students and other government support to address the underlying causes of risk for those pupils, as well as how that support will be provided without disrupting education.
Budgetary and Implementation Considerations
- This Act will apply throughout England
Edwards 1: Combatting Violence and Abuse in Schools Act 2019
- Sir Dylan Macmillan
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Edwards 1: Combatting Violence and Abuse in Schools Act 2019
Sir Dylan Macmillan
MP for North East Bedfordshire 2001 - Present
Shadow Chancellor 2016
Chancellor 2015
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 2014 - 2015
Leader of the House of Commons 2012 - 2014
Secretary of State for International Development 2010 - 2012
Conservative Party Chairman 2008 - 2010
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury 2005 - 2008
MP for North East Bedfordshire 2001 - Present
Shadow Chancellor 2016
Chancellor 2015
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 2014 - 2015
Leader of the House of Commons 2012 - 2014
Secretary of State for International Development 2010 - 2012
Conservative Party Chairman 2008 - 2010
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury 2005 - 2008
- Sir Dylan Macmillan
- Conservative MP
- Posts: 355
- Joined: Wed Dec 09, 2020 11:27 am
- Constituency: North East Bedfordshire
- XP: 0
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Re: Edwards 1: Combatting Violence and Abuse in Schools Act 2019
The Ayes to the Right: 311
The Noes to the Left: 331
The Noes Have It! The Noes Have It!
Unlock!
The Noes to the Left: 331
The Noes Have It! The Noes Have It!
Unlock!
Sir Dylan Macmillan
MP for North East Bedfordshire 2001 - Present
Shadow Chancellor 2016
Chancellor 2015
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 2014 - 2015
Leader of the House of Commons 2012 - 2014
Secretary of State for International Development 2010 - 2012
Conservative Party Chairman 2008 - 2010
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury 2005 - 2008
MP for North East Bedfordshire 2001 - Present
Shadow Chancellor 2016
Chancellor 2015
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 2014 - 2015
Leader of the House of Commons 2012 - 2014
Secretary of State for International Development 2010 - 2012
Conservative Party Chairman 2008 - 2010
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury 2005 - 2008
- Sir Dylan Macmillan
- Conservative MP
- Posts: 355
- Joined: Wed Dec 09, 2020 11:27 am
- Constituency: North East Bedfordshire
- XP: 0
- Trait(s): None
- Discord username: DylPickle
Re: Edwards 1: Combatting Violence and Abuse in Schools Act 2019
Breakdown:
Ayes: Con + DUP + 7 Indies
Noes: Everyone else except Sinn Fein
Ayes: Con + DUP + 7 Indies
Noes: Everyone else except Sinn Fein
Sir Dylan Macmillan
MP for North East Bedfordshire 2001 - Present
Shadow Chancellor 2016
Chancellor 2015
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 2014 - 2015
Leader of the House of Commons 2012 - 2014
Secretary of State for International Development 2010 - 2012
Conservative Party Chairman 2008 - 2010
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury 2005 - 2008
MP for North East Bedfordshire 2001 - Present
Shadow Chancellor 2016
Chancellor 2015
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 2014 - 2015
Leader of the House of Commons 2012 - 2014
Secretary of State for International Development 2010 - 2012
Conservative Party Chairman 2008 - 2010
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury 2005 - 2008