§ 93. Dr. D. Johnsonasked the Minister of Education if he is aware of the action of the Birkenhead Corporation in prosecuting the father of an 11-year-old girl to enforce the order made that he should send the child to Claughton Road Special School; whether he is further aware that the father of the child is willing to arrange for the child to be privately educated in a private school of good local reputation, the headmaster of which has agreed to accept her as a pupil; and whether he will intervene in this case with a view to upholding the rights of the individual parent to decide on the nature of his child's education.
§ Mr. Geoffrey LloydThis child has been ascertained as educationally subnormal and it is the local education authority's duty to provide her with the special educational treatment she requires. This can be given at the Claughton Road Special School, but I am satisfied that it cannot be provided 75W at the independent school to which the father wishes to send her. Moreover, my hon. Friend appears to be misinformed about the willingness of this independent school to accept the girl.