§ 4. Mr. Marksasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what action she now proposes to take on the reports of the Public Schools Commission.
§ Mrs. ThatcherNone, Sir.
§ Mr. MarksIs the right hon. Lady aware that the Public Schools Commission said that the independent schools were a divisive influence on society? Will she not do something to end this divisiveness? If not, will she resign from a Cabinet that contains a Prime Minister who claims to believe in "one nation"?
§ Mrs. ThatcherI am a great believer in having an independent sector in education, and I never want to have a situation in which there is a State monopoly in education since that would be the worst of all possible worlds.