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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 10 September 2025
Debate
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillContribution
The wide power it gives the Secretary of State to intervene implies that there is no trust in the professionals to run academies, whereas we know that the reverse is true. As the CEO of the Confederation of School Trusts, Leora Cruddas, has said, the power to direct is “too wide”. She said it should be restricted to limits
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