Member

On my Amendments 139 and 140, there is no provision in the Bill on what information the local authority needs. At primary school level, one might expect that the local authority needs to check on, for example, what Jim Callaghan always referred to as the “three Rs”—arithmetic, reading and writing. When we get to secondary level, the local authority might want information on whether English language and literature are taught, whether advanced maths are taught, whether all the appropriate sciences are taught—including computer sciences. The local authority certainly will not need to know about, for example, Sunday school, evening music lessons or weekend PT lessons. The trouble is that that information is included in the requirements of the Bill as drafted. I have carefully looked at government Amendment 138, and it does not cover this issue.