Clause 7 - Applications for orders under section 6(2)
Education Bill
3:00 pm
Mr Stephen Timms (Minister of State (School Standards), Department for Education and Skills; East Ham, Labour)
My hon. Friend makes an important point. She is right to draw attention to subsection (2)(c), which gives the opportunity to consult young people, among others. An amendment has been tabled on this matter, and we will debate it at a later stage. The Government agree with her about the importance and value of consulting with young people. We recently funded Schools Council UK, an education charity to produce a secondary schools toolkit to support exactly that kind of student participation in the decisions that affect them. Schools Council UK has already produced a successful version for the primary level. That is just one example of ways in which we are encouraging the involvement of young people in these decisions. I agree that this is important and I hope that it will be adopted more widely.
Question put and agreed to.
Clause 7 ordered to stand part of the Bill.