§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement about the availability of nursery school places over the next five years.
§ Mr. Mark CarlisleThe Government's expenditure plans up to 1983–84 for pupils under 5 were set out in Cmnd. 7841. The implications for those plans of the statement by my right hon. and learned Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 24 November are a matter for consultation with the local authority associations.