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Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill

I am grateful to the Minister for his response. We are not seeking to change the fact that it is in the power of the Secretary of State to intervene; that is in subsection (1), which remains. We are seeking to alter it only through our subsection (2), ""where it appears to the Secretary of State that … a local education authority"," is maintaining, ""a disproportionate number"." We are saying that who judges whether the number should be disproportionate and whether they are actually underperforming should be a matter for Ofsted. I come back to the comparison that I made with the Haringey case, where the Secretary of State intervened—somewhat peremptorily—but looked to Ofsted to advise him on that. As the Minister said, he would take account of all those statistics but would look to Ofsted to advise him on those things. The point that I made—if Ofsted is going to be doing it, why not put it into the Bill?—remains. However, the issue is not worth pursuing now, and I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment 282 withdrawn. Amendment 283 not moved. Clause 197 agreed. Clause 198 : Powers in relation to schools causing concern: Wales Debate on whether Clause 198 should stand part of the Bill.