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What will happen if a person's advance statement says that they do not wish to receive a specific treatment, but, in the doctor's opinion, the patient will die without that treatment? That is an extreme but possible scenario.
However, we are also aware that TUPE offers protection only at the point of transfer. It is still possible that a prospective operator could contemplate replacing the current staff with others on different terms and conditions.
That is why we need something like stakeholders' guidelines, with which parents, teachers and everyone involved in education can engage.On Karen Gillon's point, we could ask the minister for his view.