HC Deb 28 November 1949 vol 470 cc71-2W
Sir I. Fraser

asked the Minister of Education if, having regard to the need for a secondary school in the Broughton-in-Furness area to accommodate children from Coniston, Torver, Aulthurstside, Ulpha and Seathwaite, Grizebeck, Kirkby-in-Furness and Broughton-in-Furness, he will advise the Lancashire County Council to utilise the newly acquired premises at Kepplewray, Broughton-in-Furness, for a secondary school instead of for a special school.

Mr. Tomlinson

I cannot accept the hon. Member's assumption that the needs of the children from the districts in question would best be met by the provision of a secondary school at Broughton-in-Furness or, therefore, that the premises at Kepplewray should not be used as a special school. These premises may not be ideally situated for the latter purpose but they would make reasonably good accommodation for crippled children for whom additional provision is badly needed in Lancashire.