§ Mr. Maurice Macmillanasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) whether he will give an assurance that the proposed cuts in Government expenditure will not delay the completion this year of the provision of 840 places at Heath End County Secondary School, 240 places at the new Hale County Infants' School, and 280 places at Weydon County Primary School;
(2) whether he will give an assurance that the extensions to Yeoman's Bridge County Secondary School increasing the accommodation to 660 places due for completion this year will not be affected by the proposed cuts in Government expenditure.
§ Mr. Gordon WalkerYes. The withdrawal of the allocation for raising the school-leaving age in respect of work to be started in 1968–69 and 1969–70 does not affect projects like these which were included in earlier programmes and on which a start has already been made.