Lords Amendment

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 5:30 pm on 23 July 2002.

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Photo of Baroness Blatch Baroness Blatch Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Lords 5:30, 23 July 2002

My Lords, it is a discourtesy that my honourable friend in another place, Graham Brady—who is standing at the Bar of the House—has not received the answer that the Minister has read out to the House.

When asked,

"could a governing body subcontract out the entire management and educational management of its school to a more successful school?", the Government Minister, Mr Timms, said:

"The scenario is possible—subsection (1)(a) makes this clear—because we are considering services provided to schools by other schools".—[Official Report, Commons Standing Committee G, 13/12/01; cols. 157-158.]