HC Deb 10 February 1972 vol 830 cc403-4W
31. Mr. Duffy

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what preliminary estimates have been made about the cost of implementing the James Report.

41. Mr. Barry Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is her estimate of the cost of implementing the proposals contained in the James Report.

Mrs. Thatcher

The James Report, for the reasons given in paragraphs 6.25 and 6.26, offers no estimates of the cost of implementing its recommendations. I have initiated a study within the Department but I shall attempt no more than a broad provisional estimate so as not to prejudge the issues on which I have undertaken to consult the interested parties.

50. Mr. Goodhart

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether she will take steps to ascertain the views of a representative cross-section of recent graduates from teacher training colleges before announcing her policy on implementing the James Report.

Mrs. Thatcher

I cannot undertake to organise separate consultations with a representative cross-section of graduates, but the associations which represent the teachers, including recently trained graduates and non-graduates, will certainly be among the bodies I shall consult.