Independent Schools: Free Places

Debate between Baroness Vere of Norbiton and Lord Nash

Wednesday 14th December 2016 Lords Chamber

[Lord Nash]

A range of proposals is being submitted under the consultation document, some of which will involve selection and some of which will not. We will look at them all before we design the final proposals more carefully.

[Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Con)]

My Lords, I too would like to declare an interest as a former general secretary, like my noble friend, of the Independent Schools Council. Will the Minister commit to working with the council perhaps to amend the scheme that it has put on the table to make sure that we take into account all the other issues that have been raised today?

[Lord Nash]

My noble friend is right to say that we may well have to work with a number of groups to amend their proposals before we have a final set of proposals. As I say, we have a wide-ranging group of ideas and we are determined to devise something that will actually work.