§ Mr. Lawrenceasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what consideration he gave to the applicability of Article 2 of the First Protocol to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Individual Freedoms before the introduction of the current Education Bill.
§ Miss Margaret JacksonMy right hon. Friend considered the article in question and concluded that the Education Bill is not inconsistent with the United Kingdom's subscription to the first protocol.