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Education and Inspections Bill

The noble Baroness has made a very thoughtful point and I see exactly what she means. But it is only when a whole school says, ““These are our policies””, that that approach is thrown right out of the window, because then there is power in numbers. It needs the whole school community to stand up and say, ““We will not tolerate this sort of behaviour””. That is why we feel that it is important that there is a specific set of policies to address the problems of these children. No one can legislate to prevent children from being nasty to one another. It will happen and nothing that any of us in the Committee does will change that. I should like to see the whole school being consulted, talking about the problem, bringing it into the open and standing up as a body and saying, ““No, we will not have this. It is not humane; it is not the sort of school we want to belong to””. If the children were involved in making such statements, this horror would be wiped off the face of British education, and not a moment before time. I thank the Minister and all noble Lords who have taken part in the debate. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Clause 88 [Interpretation of Chapter 1]: [Amendments Nos. 238 and 239 not moved.] Clause 88 agreed to. Clauses 89 and 90 agreed to. Clause 91 [Parenting orders in case of exclusion or misbehaviour]: