§ Mr. Gareth Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the grounds on which he rejected the original proposals of West Glamorgan county council to reorganise secondary and tertiary education in the county; if he will indicate how each of his objections to the original proposals was met in the plan subsequently approved by him; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. John Stradling ThomasThe main ground on which the previous proposal was rejected was the adverse effect its implementation would have had on Gowerton comprehensive school, particularly its sixth form. The Oystermouth location for the proposed bilingual secondary school was also unacceptable. Neither of these factors arose in the present proposal. My right hon. Friend had some reservations about the effect of the previous proposal on Penyrheol comprehensive school; these were also relevant to the present proposal but he considered that they did not justify rejection of the proposal.
§ Mr. Gareth Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the schools affected by the reorganisation of secondary education in west Glamorgan which Ministers in his Department visited prior to approving the reorganisation; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. John Stradling ThomasNone.