HC Deb 16 June 1966 vol 729 cc1640-1
29. Mr. Iremonger

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he expects to be able to announce his decision on the Redbridge Borough Council's response to his circular requiring education authorities to submit plans for the reorganisation of secondary education in the future.

Mr. Crosland

When I have received the authority's scheme and have had an opportunity to study it.

Mr. Iremonger

Will the right hon. Gentleman deal with this with reasonable dispatch, and will he prepare his mind to receive a model compromise between wasteful and unnecessary destruction of existing excellent schools and willingness to experiment for the future?

Mr. Crosland

I shall certainly deal with the matter with reasonable dispatch. Whether it is a model I cannot say until I have seen it.

Sir J. Rodgers

Do the right hon. Gentleman and his Government adhere to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and, if so, will he bear in mind Article 26(3) which says: Parents have a prior right …"—

Mr. Speaker

The hon. Gentleman must not quote but make himself responsible for everything in his Question.

Sir J. Rodgers

With all respect, Mr. Speaker, if you will bear with me in patience for a minute or two, you will see the relevance——

Mr. Speaker

I am not interested in relevance; I am interested in order.