§ Q3. Mr. Clifton-BrownTo ask the Prime Minister when he next plans to pay an official visit to Cirencester and Tewkesbury. [8821]
§ The Prime MinisterI have, at present, no plans to do so.
§ Mr. Clifton-BrownIf my right hon. Friend were to visit my constituency, he would discover that parents have opted for six out of eight secondary schools to become grant-maintained. Will he commend the principled stand of certain Opposition Members, who made the correct choice of school for their children? Is it not the height of hypocrisy to seek to deny that choice to my constituents and others?
§ The Prime MinisterI entirely agree with my hon. Friend about that. I believe that the view of most people in the country is that the hon. Member for Peckham was right to exercise choice in favour of her own child. No one objects to that. What is wrong is that the Labour party would deny those same choices to other parents throughout the country.