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In another scenario, the DfE would work with a range of experts if faced with such decisions at scale again, and we are of course considering the role of the Children’s Commissioner in that. The noble Baroness, Lady Barran, made clear in the previous discussion in Committee that the commissioner’s automatic involvement was perhaps not the most appropriate, but we are certainly grateful for the conversations that we are having with her and seeing how her office, as it moves forward, can be involved to give the best possible advice from all its experience.