In an email yesterday to Labour's shadow children's minister Emma Lewell-Buck, former children's minister Tim Loughton and Carolyne Willow, director of children's rights charity Article 39, Professor Eileen Munro said she has come to the conclusion that the powers could create "more dangers than benefits".
She said there is a risk that a future Education Secretary could use the powers in ways that are "completely contrary to the current intentions".
The email states: "I have been reading the debates in Hansard and the submissions… I've also been meeting with some of those who oppose the bill and I have reached the conclusion that the power to have exemption from primary and secondary legislation creates more dangers than the benefits it might produce.
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