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Academies Bill [Lords]

No, I am not giving way. By cutting the Building Schools for the Future and the primary capital programmes and the area-based grants, the Tories are saying, ““If you come from a deprived area or from a struggling school, we're not going to support you. We will only support those schools that need it least.”” Jack Stopforth of Liverpool chamber commerce commented:"““It's all very well to talk about short-term savings for the public purse, but the long-term implications for the education base of our children and the future skills base and the effect on the private sector supply chain is profound.””" When people in that sort of position make such comments, it is time that Government Members considered the damage that the legislation will do. They should reconsider it.