§ 22. Mr. Goodhartasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will now take steps to ensure that at least one member of the staff of all maintained schools holds a first aid certificate, and that every maintained school is equipped with a first aid kit.
§ Miss BaconIt is for the responsible school authorities to consider whether any steps are necessary. The importance of these provisions is stressed in the Department's pamphlet "Safety at School".
§ Mr. GoodhartWill the Minister remember that in some schools on an average one child a day gets cut or bruised in the playground and there should be some competent person there to mop them up? Will the right hon. Lady see that a circular is sent out about this?
§ Miss BaconI fully agree with the hon. Member and this is stressed in the pamphlet. The pamphlet stresses that every school should include in its staff teachers who have attended a course of training and taken a certificate in first aid. It also recommends that there should be a fully equipped and readily accessible first aid box. I hope that all local authorities and all schools will comply with this request made in the pamphlet.