Question: Who defended fifty schools accused of price-sharing, stating they were unaware the laws had changed?
Sentence: However, Jean Scott, the head of the Independent Schools Council, said that independent schools had always been exempt from anti-cartel rules applied to business, were following a long-established procedure in sharing the information with each other, and that they were unaware of the change to the law (on which they had not been consulted).
Answer in sentence: yes