§ Mr. Cryerasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether Bradford metropolitan district council is considering reducing school provision to one session per day with a view to providing education on a two-shift basis; whether he has had formal representations from the local authority; and what advice he proposes to give to them.
§ Dr. BoysonBradford metropolitan district council has included such an arrangement among a large number of measures which it is examining as ways in which financial savings might be achieved. No conclusions have been reached and no approach has been made to my right hon. and learned Friend.