HC Deb 11 February 1954 vol 523 c164W
113. Mr. G. Thomas

asked the Minister of Education whether she will make the absence of a colour bar one of the conditions to be fulfilled before she accords recognition to a school as efficient.

Miss Horsbrugh

I personally am opposed to any such bar, but governors or proprietors of independent schools should in my view be free to control admissions to their schools: I do not think it right that the process of recognition should be used to limitthis freedom. My concern is with the suitability of the education and facilities offered to the pupils who have been admitted.