Andrew Turner
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(10 years, 11 months ago)
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Michael Gove
Those are very generous words from an experienced politician that I shall take to heart.
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight) (Con)
What are the Government doing to ensure that a putative future Labour Government will not falsely inflate the grades of schoolchildren, as Labour has done before?
Michael Gove
My hon. Friend makes a very good point. We cannot guarantee that a future Government, of whatever political colour, will not be tempted to try to flatter itself by bringing in a little grade inflation. We have in Ofqual and in its current regulator a strong leader determined to ensure that that will not happen. It is a pity that we do not have the same robust system of regulation in Wales, for example.