Member

There can be nobody in this Committee who disputes that having the right data available, and taking a really serious initiative to make sure it is available to all of us working in education, cannot but be a good thing. I totally understand that the Government might be resilient to saying that this should not be compulsory, but this is not an amendment that says it should be compulsory; this is an amendment that says it should be voluntary. Many schools, teachers, heads and parents would want to avail themselves of this information. With this information, I genuinely believe we can improve the well-being of all our children, which is what the Bill is all about.