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Education and Inspections Bill

Perhaps I can persuade the noble Baroness, Lady Sharp, and the Minister that the good work that they have done in Clause 1(1)(c), "““promoting the fulfilment by every child concerned of his educational potential””," which applies to Section 13 of the Education Act 1996, might usefully be extended to Section 14. The wording there is quite weak. It refers to, "““such variety of instruction and training as may be desirable””." If that were strengthened by the concept in subsection (1)(c) of new Section 13A, under Clause 1 of the Bill, that would be a considerable improvement in the direction in which the noble Baroness, Lady Sharp, is trying to take us in Amendment No. 15.