§ 40. Mr. WESTWOODasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware that no provision is made for advanced division and secondary education at Bud-hill, Lanarkshire; that post-qualified pupils must attend Uddingston grammar school, which is outwith the three-miles limit for such education; that the Lanarkshire education authority refuse to pay travelling expenses or provide travelling facilities for such pupils; and that their parents have refused to send their children from Budhill to Uddingston unless expenses or travelling facilities are provided; and what action does he propose to take to ensure that all pupils in Lanarkshire below the compulsory age for attending school are provided with post-qualifying education?
§ Sir J. GILMOURThe reply to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. My own information, however, is not quite in accord with that on which the rest of the hon. Member's inquiry is based. The Department are in correspondence with the Education Authority as to the points of difference and I will communicate the result to the hon. Member in due course.