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Academies Bill [Lords]

It is not for me to extrapolate, but for the Government to demonstrate through evidence. I am no longer in government: the Minister is. He, in his new role, should present the evidence. The Secretary of State signed off the impact assessment. If he wanted to do what the Minister claims, why did he not amend it? I am sure that he read it carefully, word for word. Why did he not notice that primary schools were not mentioned, go back to his officials and say, ““We haven't mentioned primary schools in this. Do you know what? The shadow Minister will get up and say that, because it's in the Library notes—the House of Commons Library has noticed, too.”” I repeat that it is not for me to extrapolate.