Clause 7
Education and Inspections Bill
9:30 am
John Hayes (Shadow Minister (Vocational Education), Education; South Holland and The Deepings, Conservative)
The hon. Gentleman is doing himself no favours, because of course no member of this Committee would want inappropriate people to be supporting, sponsoring or running schools. I know that the hon. Gentleman is a new Member of Parliament, and I do not usually resort to this kind of sentiment, Mr. Cook, but he really ought to grow up. All Members who serve on Committees that consider these kinds of Bills have the best interests of the children of this country at heart. All of us want there to be good opportunities for people to prosper and to achieve their educational potential. All of us understand that the people who teach, run, fund and govern schools have to be right and proper people. The hon. Gentleman is right to challenge and question, but, for heaven’s sake, let us not go into the realms of fantasy and assume—