Member

Amendment 171, in my name, would apply clause 15 to independent special schools. The clause ensures that there is the backstop of a profit cap on certain social care providers. As a Liberal, I recognise the importance of private, voluntary sector and state provision in this area, as in many other public services, but in this case, it is clear that we have a market that is simply not functioning, and there are providers shamelessly profiteering from the lack of specialist provision and leaving local authority finances crippled.