School Admissions Process — [Ms Karen Buck in the Chair]

Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall at 1:30 pm on 27 February 2020.

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Photo of Alex Sobel Alex Sobel Labour/Co-operative, Leeds North West 1:30, 27 February 2020

One simple change that would help to create a sufficiency of places would be for the Government to allow local authorities to build schools directly again. There is a lack of schools, the process now to create new schools is difficult and schools do not always get built in the right places. Local authorities, as admissions bodies, know where the schools are needed.