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Schools Reforms

Asked whether the Prime Minister still thought he was walking a tight rope on school reforms and if he did was he prepared to make any further concessions, the PMOS said the clarifications had been sent by Ruth Kelly to Barry Sheerman and were there for people to study. The next step was the publication of the bill, before the end of the month, and then people would make up their minds. It was clear that the evidence, no matter where you looked, was that specialist schools were doing better than non-specialist schools. The reason why they were doing better was because of the extra freedoms that they had. The bill developed those freedoms and kept the pace of improvement going. If people looked at the select committee report it identified two key points: support for the idea of independent trust schools and a strategic role for local authorities. Both of those were at the heart of the education bill.

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Its sickening that the Labour government allow MPs with Scottish and Welsh constituencies to vote on matters that relate only to England.
Labour’s answer to the West lothian question is – don’t ask.
My answer to Labour when they ask me to vote for them, will be – "Get stuffed."
New Labour – NEVER AGAIN!!!!!
Comment by Della Petch — 16 Feb 2006 on 5:22 pm | Link
Its sickening that the Labour government allow MPs with Scottish and Welsh constituencies to vote on matters that relate only to England.
Labour’s answer to the West lothian question is – don’t ask.
My answer to Labour when they ask me to vote for them, will be – "Get stuffed."
New Labour – NEVER AGAIN!!!!!
Comment by Della Petch — 16 Feb 2006 on 5:22 pm | Link

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