10:30 am
Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness, Conservative)
I think that that was a misunderstanding on her behalf. A statutory footing does not address the problems in the Audit Commission report. To trade quotes—this is useful for the record—the National Union of Teachers has expressed some reservations about making children’s trust boards statutory. It has reservations about
“giving more power to...unaccountable local quangos”.
So, notwithstanding the guidance, the NUT has not been convinced.