§ 4. Air-Commodore Harveyasked the Minister of Education if he will reconsider the position regarding secondary school accommodation in Macclesfield, 1366 with a view to allotting a proportion of vacancies to rural school children of secondary school age.
§ The Minister of Education (Mr. Tomlinson)No, Sir. Reorganisation of the rural schools in the Macclesfield area must wait until additional accommodation, now being provided in prefabricated huts, is ready.
§ Air-Commodore HarveyHow can the right hon. Gentleman really say that, when children in villages like Gawsworth do not get a look into the secondary schools in the borough? Why cannot a larger proportion of the places go to children from the villages? Is he aware that there is great concern and indignation on that point?
§ Mr. TomlinsonThe reason is that, until the pre-fabricated huts are ready, it will not be possible to deal with the problem in the way that has been suggested. I would point out that, for over 20 years, when there were facilities available, reorganisation has been advocated, but nothing has been done.