Clause 1 - Duties in relation to high standards and the fulfilment of potential
Education and Inspections Bill
12:00 pm

Angela Smith (PPS (Yvette Cooper, Minister of State), Office of the Deputy Prime Minister; Sheffield, Hillsborough, Labour)
Is it not also true that the greater powers that the Bill will give to local authorities to intervene when schools are failing to deliver will make it much more likely that levels of attainment among such children will be raised?
