Clause 6 - Exemptions available to qualifying schools
Education Bill
2:30 pm
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight, Conservative)
I beg to move amendment No. 96, in page 5, line 19, after 'shall', insert 'within 28 days'.
This is perhaps the simplest amendment to explain. It sets targets for the Government's response to requests for orders from schools that qualify automatically for earned autonomy. Like many hon. Members, I have had the privilege of working in Government Departments and other places where the need for urgent action is sometimes overcome by the sense of risk inherent in taking any such action. [Interruption.] My hon. Friend the Member for Epping Forest (Mrs. Laing) recognises that situation. I am setting a target of 28 days for the Government to lay the necessary orders to enable schools to benefit from the autonomy that they have earned.