§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if, in pursuit of the policy of reducing public expenditure and in view of the problems created by certain senior executive staffs of education authorities, such as Berkshire, going on free holiday cruises and the fact that a similar arrangement is being contemplated by those in the Devon education services, he will issue a circular to all educational authorities to the effect that only the staff usually in control of the pupils should accompany the children, on the same financial terms and conditions as the students.
§ Dr. BoysonNo. These are matters for the cruise company and the local education authorities concerned. I understand it is P and O Lines practice of some 20 years' standing to offer quotas of free places for those who are to be responsible for an authority's pupils during a cruise, so no questions of unnecessary expenditure arise.