Alun Cairns
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(9 years, 11 months ago)
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Michael Gove
The hon. Gentleman makes a very important point. We are seeing a level of collaboration between schools—through teaching school alliances, academy chains and informal partnerships—that is a very powerful driver of improved standards. It ensures that individual teachers, who may have concerns about what is happening in their own school, have access to a wider network of professionals who can help them to deal with the challenges they face.
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan) (Con)
Extremism in schools has, sadly, been going on for more than a decade. Will the Secretary of State reassure the House that Peter Clarke will have unfettered access to all paperwork going back over that period?
Michael Gove
I will do everything in my power—I hope every agency will—to help Peter Clarke in his job.