§ 24. Mr. Ashtonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what further plans she has for redistributing expenditure on education; and on what aspects of education these will take place.
§ Mrs. ThatcherThe present plans of the Government for expenditure on education are set out in the White Paper "Public Expenditure to 1975–76".
§ Mr. AshtonMay I take that as an assurance that the Minister will not take any money from things like the provision of milk to give it to grant-aided schools? Can she assure us that she has stopped pursuing a policy of taking from the under-privileged to give to the over-privileged?
§ Mrs. ThatcherI can assure the hon. Gentleman that extra money will continue to be given to education to expand the education programme.