§ 31. Mr. Raymond Gowerasked the Secretary of State for Wales what alterations he proposes in plans for the improvement of primary schools in Wales.
§ Mr. Peter ThomasNone. The Government's policy announced in 1970 is designed to replace or improve within the next five years all inadequate pre-1903 schools for which there is a long-term need. I intend to press ahead with this policy as quickly as resources will permit.
§ Mr. GowerWhile thanking my right right hon. and learned Friend for that reply, may I ask him whether he will also look at some of the schools which were built between that date and the 1920s? Does he not agree that some of those need some modernisation?
§ Mr. Peter ThomasCertainly. These schools are looked at, but the priority is to complete the replacement of all the old pre-1903 primary schools, for which there is a long-term need.