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Education and Inspections Bill

May I begin by welcoming the Secretary of State, and congratulating him on his new role? A reshuffle in the middle of Committee stage is hardly a dream, but I am sure that he will dazzle us with his mastery of his brief. I look forward to debating with him in the months ahead. In common with Conservative spokesmen, we are concerned that the programme motion provides inadequate time to debate our concerns. In particular, we are worried that we will not reach the new clauses on vulnerable pupils that we tabled in Committee; indeed, we did not have enough time to reach them then. We do not wish to waste the time of the House, so we will not oppose the programme motion. Nevertheless, we wish to place on the record our concern that inadequate time has been provided.