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Special Educational Needs (Information) Bill

I should like to return to some of the hon. Lady's earlier remarks. She mentioned that she was not making any particular criticisms, but I remind her that in Committee she said:"““I was chairman of education at Poole borough council when the parent support partnership was introduced, and I was excited that we had the money and authority to employ such a person…Eleven years on, I am very sad that constituent after constituent tells me that they have no confidence that the advice is independent. I am aware that the system is not working.””––[Official Report, Special Educational Needs (Information) Public Bill Committee, 12 March 2008; c. 32.]" Was she referring specifically to Poole at that point?