§ 31. Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the progress made by the committee on the integration of the public schools within the state system of education.
§ Mr. CroslandI expect the Commission to report towards the end of next year.
§ Mr. HamiltonWould my right hon. Friend say what his definition of "integration" is? Would he be assured that the nearer the definition of "integration" gets to "obliteration" the better a lot of us on this side think it will be?
§ Mr. CroslandNo, Sir. The terms of reference of the Commission, which are quite long, were, to put it mildly, given a good deal of thought and study before I issued them, and I prefer not to go beyond them now.