§ Mr. Tim Rentonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether she is satisfied with education standards in the United Kingdom in comparison with those of Great Britain's main industrial competitors.
§ Mr. OakesComparisons between the standards achieved by different countries, often with widely differing systems of education, are rarely profitable. My right88W hon. Friend takes the view that we can never be wholly satisfied with educational standards, and one of the purposes of the present debate on education is to discuss how standards might be improved.