Greg Mulholland
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(13 years ago)
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Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West) (LD)
There is real concern in Otley among staff, students and the local community about the conversion of Prince Henry’s to an academy. May we have a debate on the rules surrounding conversion to academy status, because at present it can be done on a single, even a casting, vote on the governing body, and consultation can simply be whatever the school says it should be? That is clearly unsatisfactory, and it needs to be changed.
Sir George Young
I say to my hon. Friend—[Interruption.] Those rules are—[Interruption.] Those rules—[Interruption.]