§ Mr. Wrayasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps he will be taking to ensure that the new proposals for the opting-out of schools from local authority control will not discriminate against the children of hourly paid parents in Easterhouse and other deprived areas of Glasgow because the parents cannot afford to take time off work to become school governors.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe Government have made no proposals to allow schools in Scotland to opt out of local authority control. We have proposed that there should in general be a school board for each school, and that the board would have the opportunity to become fully and closely involved in the running of the school. Parents would form a majority of the members and it is obvious that the boards will have to meet at times convenient to their members.