Schools Reform

Part of Opposition Day — [1st allotted day] – in the House of Commons at 1:08 pm on 21 November 2007.

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Photo of Stewart Jackson Stewart Jackson Opposition Whip (Commons) 1:08, 21 November 2007

I listened carefully to the Secretary of State's reply to Mr. Laws, but is not the truth that the decision to hold a review is political? It is more about compromising the future of academies, including the largest one in England, Thomas Deacon academy in my constituency, while capitulating to the bovine instincts of Labour Back Benchers and the teaching unions.