HC Deb 25 July 1974 vol 877 c535W
Mr. Hayhoe

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will introduce a Bill to make clear that a local education authority may not insist upon the return of books and equipment from a school which ceases to be maintained either (a) following a decision of the governors or (b) following a decision of the education authority.

Mr. Armstrong

No. School books and equipment belong to whoever provided them; the relevant facts are not normally in question.