§ 22. Mr. Raisonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether she will take steps to encourage local education authorities to provide locks on the doors of all school lavatories.
§ Mrs. ThatcherNo, Sir. Such detailed matters of building design are the responsibility of the school authority.
§ Mr. RaisonWill my right hon. Friend at least acknowledge that the absence of such locks has caused unhappiness to quite a number of sensitive children and may even turn them against school? Will she use the various means at her disposal to raise the issue with the local authorities?
§ Mrs. ThatcherMany of the local authorities will be just as much aware of the problem as we are. There is another, contrary argument, that very small children might be worried if they locked themselves in—and so would the teachers—so all the arguments are not on one side.