§ 14. Mr. Norman Lamontasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether she will approve St. John's Primary School, Kingston in the next programme for rebuilding.
§ Mr. St. John-StevasMy right hon. Friend is considering the Kingston local education authority's proposal to replace this school in the programme of work due to start in 1975–76.
§ Mr. LamontMay I remind my hon. Friend that the Kingston council attaches considerable importance to replacing the school? It has no changing facilities, no dining facilities and no assembly hall, the toilets are outside and all the classrooms are extremely restrictive. From our civilised and cultured Under-Secretary, may we please have a civilised school?
§ Mr. St. John-StevasThe basic difficulty is that the Kingston authority is such a civilised and cultured authority that it has made excellent progress in programming its primary school replacements. Accordingly, in the 1972–73 lists only one project could be allowed, and the authority itself put St. John's second in the order of priority.