Member

I would have thought—and the noble Lord, Lord Crisp, has been pushing on this too—that that would be the very best basis for a relationship of reporting from a parent to a local authority: something which does not require the local authority to do more than read, understand and criticise it; where everything is in the one place and set out in a consistent way; and which helps the parents think through, look through and assess the education that has been provided. The detailed powers in the Bill, if they were to work as set out in the Bill, would be hugely disruptive for local authorities and parents. We also have to look at the consequences of the failure to provide detailed information. There is far too much scope there for things to get really difficult and distracting.