No, I can reassure the right hon. Gentleman about that. The White Paper does not propose reducing local authorities’ powers to close schools. Indeed, in some respects, they are enhanced. A school will not be able to take on trust status when it is under threat of closure.
Schools White Paper
Proceeding contribution from
Ruth Kelly
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 25 October 2005.
It occurred during Ministerial statement on Schools White Paper.
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