HC Deb 13 March 1972 vol 833 cc5-6
5. Mr. Barry Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many schools he proposes to visit officially from April to December, 1972.

Mr. Peter Thomas

As many as I can.

Mr. Jones

I thank the right hon. and learned Gentleman for that reply. Does he agree that his record of school visiting in 1971 was, to say the least, paltry in that he visited only five schools during that year? Secondly, in any visits that the right hon. and learned Gentleman makes this year will he promise to go to as many nursery school units as possible and urge his Cabinet colleagues to

provide more nursery schools for children in Wales?

Mr. Thomas

Last year I visited a very wide range of schools: nursery, primary, special, and two comprehensive schools. It is not the number of schools but the range which matters. On the second part of the hon. Gentleman's supplementary question, he will recall the reply which I gave him a fortnight ago.