Clause 8 — Functions of Secretary of State in relation to teachers

Part of EDUCATION BILL (PROGRAMME) (No. 2) – in the House of Commons at 6:45 pm on 14 November 2011.

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Photo of Kevin Brennan Kevin Brennan Shadow Minister (Education) 6:45, 14 November 2011

I am grateful to the Minister for those comments, but can he firm up what he has said by making it clear from the Dispatch Box that he sees no reason why, in the vast majority of cases, the schools adjudicator’s ruling should not be implemented if not forthwith, then within a very short period of time and certainly not at the last possible moment?