Academies Bill [ Lords ]

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 4:09 pm on 19 July 2010.

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Photo of Eleanor Laing Eleanor Laing Conservative, Epping Forest 4:09, 19 July 2010

Is the right hon. Gentleman really saying that he and his party believe that it is not parents who know best how their children should be educated, but local authorities and people in Whitehall, because that is what he has just said in reply to Mr Slaughter? Will the right hon. Gentleman acknowledge that parents should be the people who have the greatest say in their children's education?