Schools: Free Schools Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Schools: Free Schools

Lord Howarth of Newport Excerpts
Wednesday 14th May 2014

(10 years, 7 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Nash Portrait Lord Nash
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Or, worse, the situation that we have in Wales. The party opposite seems to have gone remarkably quiet on free schools recently and I can only assume therefore that, reluctantly, qui tacet consentire.

Lord Howarth of Newport Portrait Lord Howarth of Newport (Lab)
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My Lords, will the Minister point out to his noble friends Lord Forsyth of Drumlean and Lord Hamilton of Epsom that there is another 12 months to go before the election and that they are getting prematurely overexcited. Does he agree that in this House at least we should try to sustain an intelligent conversation for as much as possible of the next 12 months?

Lord Nash Portrait Lord Nash
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I take note of the noble Lord’s point. I think it is very unlikely that my two noble friends to whom he referred would ever get prematurely overexcited. However, I note the point that he makes on timing.