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Education and Inspections Bill

I will in a moment. Part of my hon. Friend’s argument is that trusts are intrinsically evil and a terrible thing. On the basis of that view, he said that they would have their own admissions authority—that, indeed, they would be their own admissions authority. It is a fact that 30 per cent. of comprehensive schools are their own admissions authority. Being their own admissions authority means that the schools are part of the local authority family of schools. They comply with the national curriculum, they discuss and are part of the admissions forum, and they must apply all the rules that are not just in the Bill but in regulations—no selection, no interviews and so forth.