Clause 6
Education and Inspections Bill
4:45 pm
Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire, Conservative)
Let me mention the state school that my daughter attends. The average house price in the area is quite high and there are a lots of middle-class parents. The school partakes in an amazing array of sports. Indeed, my daughter amazed me last night when she asked where her swimming costume because she was doing synchronised swimming today, although it is debatable whether that is a sport. Does my hon. Friend agree, however, that the clause should concentrate on areas where there are state schools, but where parents are not so affluent, motivated or energised? Similar schools in areas with motivated middle-class families and high average house prices would probably do quite well.