On 5th July 2010 during an education debate in the House of Commons, Barry Sheerman asked the Rt Hon Michael Gove MP: "Does the Rt. Hon gentleman agree that for more than 100 years we have had a proud tradition of democratic participation in education and an education system in every local education area? Is he today announcing, finally, the death knell of democratic educational participation in our country?"
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