§ Mr. Keyasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he has fixed a date by which the governing bodies of maintained special schools must include parent and teacher governors.
§ Sir Keith JosephFollowing my statement to the House of 29 July—[Vol. 46, c.629–30]—my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales and I have consulted the local authority associations, teacher associations and other interested parties on this matter. In the light of the response to these consultations we have made an order applying sections 2 and 3 of the Education Act 1980 to maintained special schools from 1 September 1984.