Clause 62 - Academies
Education Bill
12:00 pm
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight, Conservative)
The amendment is extraordinarily ambiguous. Its comprehension was not assisted by the hon. Gentleman's proposal; he maundered around
the word ''consent'' without explaining whether the amendment should be taken literally. The amendment says that the Secretary of State shall ''seek'' consent, not ''obtain'' it. I shall be happy to give way if the hon. Gentleman wants to intervene. He may want to clarify whether he intends to allow local education authorities a veto on the establishment of city academies.