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Schools: Independent Schools

Lord Lawson of Blaby Excerpts
Thursday 16th January 2014

(10 years, 10 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Nash Portrait Lord Nash
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The noble Lord makes a very good point.

Lord Lawson of Blaby Portrait Lord Lawson of Blaby (Con)
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No, it is a very bad point.

Lord Nash Portrait Lord Nash
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I was a trustee of Eastside Young Leaders Academy, which focuses on improving the life chances of black boys in the East End. It has already sent 21 pupils to private schools under full bursaryships. One of our concerns was integration and we spent a lot of time working on that. I know that schools that take pupils from diverse backgrounds work very hard to make sure that the transition works.