Oral Answers to Questions Debate

Full Debate: Read Full Debate
Department: Department for Education

Lord Watts

Main Page: Lord Watts (Labour - Life peer)

Department Debates - View all Lord Watts's debates with the Department for Education


Prayers

Oral Answers to Questions

Lord Watts Excerpts

Ukraine (Flight MH17) and Gaza
Monday 21st July 2014

(9 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
Share Debate
Read Full debate Read Hansard Text Read Debate Ministerial Extracts
David Laws Portrait Mr Laws
- Hansard -
- - Excerpts

We support the contacts between the military school and state school systems. I am happy to look at the points that my hon. Friend has raised and to write to her about them.

Lord Watts Portrait Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North) (Lab)
- Hansard -
-

The current problems in Birmingham academies and my experiences of Byrchall high in my constituency lead me to believe that the last Secretary of State left academy schools completely unaccountable. Will the new Secretary of State take action and change the regulations to force head teachers, at the least, to give a written response to MPs’ inquiries?

Return to start of debate - Return to top of page