§ 25. Mr. Clark Hutchisonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what action has been taken by his Department to give greater priority in areas where primary schools are below standard, and to secure a lowering of primary school class sizes generally.
Mr. Edward TaylorMy right hon. Friend has added £4½ million for improvements to the building programme for 1972–73 and announced his intention to introduce more generous staffing standards. He has continued for three years the salary additions in schools of teacher shortage and has empowered education authorities to pay removal expenses to teachers coming to their areas to teach in these schools.
§ Mr. Clark HutchisonThat also is a reasonably good answer. But what about making more money available for building new schools, which would greatly help the building trade, which is in difficulties?
Mr. TaylorAll of us are concerned about the building industry's problems and indeed about problems in education. The extra £4½ million is in addition to the existing programme and will certainly help the building industry and, at the same time, help with our problems in education.