§ Mr. Soamesasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he expects to reply to the letter sent to him by the hon. Member for Crawley on 18 February concerning Mr. Lex Smith and his complaint against the Inner London education authority; and for what reason there has been a delay.
§ Mr. Chris PattenI regret this delay, which was the result of a heavy volume of correspondence in recent weeks. I have now written to my hon. Friend.