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Sean Curran and the BBC's parliamentary team report as MPs hold their first debate on the Government's plans to allow all schools in England and Wales to become academies.

MPs hold their first debate on the Government's plans to allow all schools in England and Wales to become academies - freeing them from local council control. Ministers want the Academies Bill to clear the Commons this week. Labour says that the legislation is being rushed through unnecessarily. In the Lords, peers debate the coalition's decision to get rid of Child Trust Funds. Sean Curran and team report on today's events in Parliament.

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Mon 19 Jul 201023:30
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