9:00 pm
John Dunford: Our overall concern about the Bill is that it is part of a massive regulatory climate in which schools work, which has increased hugely over the years. Every time we get an education Act—we get one or two every year and so have had at least 20 in the past 20 years—each one has increased the duties on schools and the bureaucratic burden, particularly on head teachers, to fill in forms and make reports on this, that and the other. We accept our duty as public servants to be accountable for spending public money efficiently and effectively, but we want to do that in a climate that is as unbureaucratic as possible so that we can really get on with the job you pay us to do.