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Clive Live in Parliament: Business of The House 8th July 2010, Building Schools for the Future

Following the news of the huge errors within Michael Gove's list of school builds, leading to hundreds of schools being given false information, Clive Efford MP for Eltham requested a debate on the Building Schools for the Future announcements so all the oustanding issues could be resolved.

1. Business of the House (8th July 2010)

Clive's question transcript:

May we have a debate in Government time on capital allocations following the Building Schools for the Future announcements, and possibly for two days, given how many hon. Members would wish to raise issues relating to their local schools? The list that was published yesterday still contains numerous errors in the Greenwich schools listed. A "Broadoak" school is listed as "Unaffected"-that is hardly surprising, given that it does not exist. The "University Technical College" is linked with Eltham Hill school, but Eltham Hill school is also listed separately. The Business Academy Bexley, which opened six years ago, the St Paul's academy, which opened in January, and Charlton special school, which opened in September 2008, are also all on this list. What criteria were used to produce this list? It is arbitrary. What account has been taken of the capital needs that will have to be met, such as essential repairs and improvements to electrics? If we do not have a debate, how can we get to the detail of what has produced this list?