Clause 39 - Determination of specified budgets of LEA
Education Bill
5:15 pm
Mr Stephen Timms (Minister of State (School Standards), Department for Education and Skills; East Ham, Labour)
Consultation will constitute most of the forums' activity, but there will also be decision-making powers in restricted matters. It will be possible for the Secretary of State to promulgate new regulations in the future to extend that list, but I should make it clear that it would not be possible under this primary legislation to make regulations to allow the forums to determine the size of a school's budget or its individual budget share. That was the hon. Gentleman's central concern in moving the amendment, although we have moved on to other concerns, and I hope that I have addressed that first one.