Clause 74
1:00 pm
Jim Knight (Minister of State (Schools and Learners), Department for Children, Schools and Families; South Dorset, Labour)
I could not speak for the SSAT, but it is worth looking further on in column 48, at what happened immediately after that answer from Elizabeth Reid. The hon. Member for Yeovil asked:
“You are being very diplomatic. Perhaps it is time for me to bring on Dan. Is that okay?”
Daniel Moynihan then said:
“I am sorry. I am not a politician and I am not good at being diplomatic. My answer would be that local authorities have called in academy sponsors”——[Official Report, Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Public Bill Committee, 3 March 2009; c. 48, Q125.],
going on to say what I quoted this morning. He clearly put the view that he thought that academies would not support the move talked about.