Before Clause 18

Part of Education Bill – in the House of Commons at 7:15 pm on 15 July 2002.

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Photo of Chris Mole Chris Mole Labour, Ipswich 7:15, 15 July 2002

Will the hon. Gentleman acknowledge that he slips smoothly from observations about head teachers to observations about teachers, whereas, clearly, the majority of classroom teachers will not read every one of the circulars from the Department for Education and Skills or have every regulation impact on them as individuals. Mr. Willis suggested that, as a matter of security, teachers would read everything. Surely, the heads read the executive summaries and decide which of them are appropriate for which of their teaching staff to examine in detail.