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Education and Inspections Bill

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his reply, but it would be more satisfactory if there were a statutory responsibility. You could rely on the informal links through having a councillor sitting on the governing body of the academy or city technology college, but you would be relying on informal links. One would hope that, in these circumstances, the school improvement partner would see the local authority as one of the partnership groups to which it would naturally send the report. This is an extremely modest amendment, merely asking that local authorities should have a chance to see these reports. I cannot see why the Minister is not prepared to concede the point. However, we will think about it and conceivably bring it back at Third Reading. I am not totally happy with the Minister’s answer—it is not satisfactory— but I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. [Amendment No. 11 not moved.] Clause 7 [Invitation for proposals for establishment of new schools]: [Amendments Nos. 12 and 13 not moved.] Clause 8 [Proposals under section 7 relating to community or community special schools]: [Amendment No. 14 not moved.] Clause 10 [Publication of proposals with consent of Secretary of State]: [Amendment No. 15 not moved.] Schedule 2 [Proposals for establishment or discontinuance of schools in England]: [Amendment No. 16 not moved.]