Birmingham Schools

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 3:42 pm on 9 June 2014.

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Photo of Christopher Pincher Christopher Pincher Conservative, Tamworth 3:42, 9 June 2014

On 6 June, Labour’s police and crime commissioner for the west midlands, Bob Jones, issued a press release on Trojan horse which many believe ignores the dangers of extremist teaching in schools. Given that, under Mr Jones’s leadership, the West Midlands police have been criticised by Ofsted for consistently failing to attend more than 50% of child protection meetings—indeed, at one stage attendance was down to 9%—does my right hon. Friend agree that that is one example of local oversight and accountability that certainly needs to be improved?