Clause 10 - Powers of governing bodies to form or
Education Bill
11:30 am
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury, Conservative)
I noted the Minister's explanation that an LEA would be liable for some of the debts of a procurement company, because it would be acting as the agent of the LEA. I was not sure where the definition of ''some'' would come. I hope that I heard him correctly. That situation will need to be explored. Although that is intended to be the use of a budget, a crisis will be caused when the money has been spent, the budget used and there is an inability to recover a payment. There will be such failures, because we do not live in a perfect world.
It would be inappropriate to delve into the detail, but the conceptual difficulty has been placed on the record. I very much hope that the Minister and his Department will reflect on it and that we shall hear more later, whether in Committee or in another place. In the light of our discussion, I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment.
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
Clause 10 ordered to stand part of the Bill.