New Clause 4
Education and Inspections Bill
11:45 am
Sarah Teather (Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Skills, Education & Skills; Brent East, Liberal Democrat)
The new clause is about accountability. The local authority is the directly elected, accountable body. On localism, we have always said that devolving power down without ensuring that the bodies that receive it are elected and accountable simply results in tyranny on a local scale and does not improve the situation.