Kwasi Kwarteng
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(12 years, 8 months ago)
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Sir George Young
It sounds to me that that was a matter for the House rather than the Government, but the gestation period does seem to have been extremely long.
Kwasi Kwarteng (Spelthorne) (Con)
Given the successful roll-out of free schools, would it not be opportune for the House to discuss the free school programme shortly?
Sir George Young
I welcome the fact that within a relatively short time some 24 free schools are up and running, given that the legislation only hit the statute book in July last year. That compares favourably with city technology colleges and academies, and many more free schools are in the pipeline. I hope that there will be opportunities to take the debate forward, perhaps in Westminster Hall, so that we can tell more people about the success of free schools. Some of them have been established in the teeth of local resistance.