HC Deb 22 July 1954 vol 530 c1559
44. Mr. Leather

asked the Minister of Education when it is hoped to start building the new grammar school at Keynsham, Somerset; and the number of pupils it will accommodate.

Mr. Pickthorn

The Somerset local education authority are designing this school for about 330 children. They hope to start building in the autumn, but the land which they have chosen has been made the subject of a compulsory purchase order, and my right hon. Friend is at present considering what her decision on the order should be.

Mr. Leather

While ensuring that no more land is taken under the compulsory purchase order than is absolutely necessary for the jab, will my hon. Friend see that the county education authority is urged to press on as quickly as possible with this project, as the need for it is long overdue?

Mr. Pickthorn

I have just said that my right hon. Friend is in a kind of quasi-judicial position in the matter, and I do not think I should add anything to my original answer.