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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 10 September 2025

Debate

Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Contribution

As I asked at Second Reading, whatever the thinking was back in 2002 for maintained schools, is it really appropriate for these draconian powers to be used by an obscure side wind to change the ground-breaking new regime now proposed for academies? The late and much-admired Lord Judge said when he was Lord Chief Justice:

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