Speaking at the first committee stage debate of the Children and Young Persons Bill last Tuesday (8 January), Lord Andrew Adonis said they would have attracted less controversy if they had been at the back of the Bill rather than the first six clauses.
He had been forced to discuss their position in the Bill after Baroness Margaret Sharp said: "The most important part of the Bill is usually at the front. If the money involved is only £6 million of the £300 million that is being spent, one wonders why it is given such prominence in the Bill."
In response, Lord Adonis, junior schools minister, said: "It happens to be in the opening clauses. Perhaps I should apologise to the committee for the fact that we did not put it at the back. If we had put it in the last six clauses rather than the first six, perhaps it would attract the level of attention that it deserves."
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