Clause 5
Education and Inspections Bill
10:30 am
Jacqui Smith (Minister of State (Schools and 14-19 Learners), Department for Education and Skills; Redditch, Labour)
I welcome you, Mr. Chope, and members of the Committee back to what I always think of as the summer term. I suspect that any request to hold the Committee outside in the lovely sunshine would be turned down, just as I turned down similar requests from my pupils when I was teaching.
We return to our discussions on clause 5. I should like first to respond to the hon. Member for Brent, East (Sarah Teather), who does not seem to have been imbued with the sunshine like the rest of us. Given the wealth of regulations and guidance that I have so far made available in ample time for the Committee to consider them alongside the clauses, and as I will this week make available the regulations and guidance relevant to part 4 so that we can consider them when we get to it, her comments were slightly churlish.