Clause 2 — Payments under Academy agreements

Part of Bills Presented — Fixed-term Parliaments Bill – in the House of Commons at 3:30 pm on 22 July 2010.

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Photo of Edward Timpson Edward Timpson Conservative, Crewe and Nantwich 3:30, 22 July 2010

We seem to be having an outbreak of cordial co-operation in the Committee. Paragraph 8A is an improvement on where we were at the beginning of the Bill's proceedings, and it deals with low incidence SEN and disabilities. Has the hon. Gentleman considered whether it ought also to include looked-after children, to ensure that the provision of services for them in any academy means that they are getting the expenditure and support that they need?