Clause 2 - Duties in relation to diversity and choice
Education and Inspections Bill
9:45 am
David Chaytor (Bury North, Labour)
I appreciate the Minister’s response to the points that I raised in relation to that the amendment, but does not her argument not apply in exactly the same way to the two provisions that are in clause 2 on “securing diversity” and “increasing opportunities”? Simply having them in clause 2 will not, of itself, ensure that diversity and choice are enhanced—it is the provisions elsewhere in the Bill that will ensure that. But that does not undermine the need to have a clause that sets out the basic principles underlying the Bill. There is powerful argument that if clause 2 is necessary to specify the basic principles of diversity and choice, it should also specify the basic principle of fair access.