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Education Bill

When we were in Committee, I recall the Minister saying that he regarded the duty to co-operate as an ““unnecessary prescription”” on schools—[Interruption.] Perhaps that is the Secretary of State ringing up his hon. Friend the hon. Member for Stroud (Neil Carmichael) to give him the answer. In Committee, the Minister also said that"““It is not appropriate to delay removing that burden””—" that unnecessary prescription—"from schools.””––[Official Report, Education Public Bill Committee, 29 March 2011; c. 729.]" What points did Lord Hill make in the Lords that were different from those made in the Commons and how did that persuade the Minister to change his mind? Secondly, is this a temporary conversion or does he intend to remove the duty to co-operate at some further stage?