Clause 14
Education and Inspections Bill
12:15 pm
John Hayes (Shadow Minister (Vocational Education), Education; South Holland and The Deepings, Conservative)
As my hon. Friend mentioned my constituency interest, will he say a word in this context about the particular difficulties of providing services in sparsely populated rural areas? Much is said about rurality, but less is said about sparsity. They are different but overlapping factors and have a real impact on local public service provision, including education, and a consequent impact on the need for proper transport. It is worth emphasising that on behalf of sparsely populated rural areas such as those we represent.