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Education and Inspections Bill

I think that I need to write to the noble Baroness to give her the categorical answer to her question. I shall speak from my knowledge of decision-making, not from a note, which may be slightly hazardous. My understanding is that, where the school is a community school, the local authority has the power to publish proposals and decide on them. However, where it is another category of school, if the school is not amenable these matters could not be decided by the local authority unilaterally. I shall come back to her. On Question, amendment agreed to. Clause 8, as amended, agreed to. Clause 9 agreed to. Clause 10 [Publication of proposals with consent of Secretary of State]: [Amendments Nos. 74 to 78 not moved.] Clause 10 agreed to. Clause 11 [Publication of proposals to establish maintained schools: special cases]: