Three defeats in the House of Lords for Government education reforms

Wednesday, July 10, 2002

Government education reforms suffered three defeats in the House of Lords last week. The Lords rejected proposals to allow school governing bodies to form companies, plans to cut red tape in schools and a move to endorse school forums. However, a spokeswoman for the Department for Education and Skills said proposals were still intact to allow schools to provide childcare and other services, contained in clause 26 of the Education Bill, entitled 'The power of governing bodies to provide community facilities', and the plans had passed scrutiny in the Lords.