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Education and Inspections Bill

moved Amendment No. 252: "Page 239, line 16, at end insert—""““( ) In subsection (1)(a), leave out ““in the opinion of the Secretary of State,””.""( ) In subsection (2), leave out ““England or Wales, the Secretary of State or”” and insert ““Wales,””.""( ) After subsection (2) insert—""““(2A) The Secretary of State shall not permit any project unless its outcomes will be properly assessed and published.””””" The noble Lord said: I shall deal with the smaller amendments in the group first. Amendment No. 256 is a misunderstanding, and I shall not speak to it. On Amendment No. 257, I simply ask why. What are the lines that the amendment would leave out doing in the Bill? What evil are they intended to address? So far as I can see, they merely remove rights, particularly from the parents of children at independent schools, without good reason. Perhaps the Minister can increase my understanding of what is going on in the clause.