Mr. Martin Hanevy:

We are not permitting any schools to start this as a process. If they have not been doing this, they cannot introduce it. If it has not had long waiting lists, it cannot introduce them. With regard to the derogation on waiting lists and on the parent rule, as it is called here - the past pupil rule is another way to describe it - one must prove one has had it and used it to get the derogation. It is set at 25%, but that is a just a figure. It could be 10%, 50% or some other figure. Equally, there is a lobby arguing that this interferes with the autonomy of the school. There are tensions in this and there is a balance to be struck.