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Education and Inspections Bill

I failed to respond to the noble Lord, Lord Skidelsky, and I am anxious that he does not think it was any discourtesy. There are provisions later in the Bill about choice advisers and new duties on local authorities to promote information about schools in their area. When we come to those provisions, that will be the opportunity for us to debate the very important issues that he raised about how one ensures that citizens in each locality, particularly those who are less advantaged, have proper access to the information that they need to make informed choices.