§ Mr. Geoffrey Finsbergasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will recommend a Royal Commission to examine the secondary education system in England and Wales with a view to introducing legislation to update the Education Act 1944.
§ Mr. ArmstrongNo.
§ Sir Frederic Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if it is his policy to provide for a referendum on the issue of whether Great Britain is to have a fully comprehensive system of education or permit some continuing choice of education of their children by parents; and whether he will make a statement.
§ Mr. PrenticeIt is not my policy to provide for a referendum on the issue of whether there is to be a fully comprehensive system of secondary education. The Government's intention of developing such a system has already been made known. I do not accept that this implies a denial of parental choice.