Member

I will speak briefly to my Amendment 502YC. If the Minister is wondering why this amendment is in this group, it is because I overlooked that it should have been in an earlier group, for which I apologise to the Committee. This amendment seeks to implement part of the Education Act 2002 that was passed under the previous Labour Government. For reasons that I do not fully understand, this section was never implemented, but it goes to the heart of the issue about how we create a self-improving school system. I hope that the Minister will take the amendment in the spirit that it is intended and not spend any time pointing out how definitions and inspection regimes have changed over time.