§ Q38. Mr. Hardyasked the Prime Minister if she will make a statement on the present condition of state school education throughout the United Kingdom.
§ The Prime MinisterWhile there have been marked improvements in both primary and secondary education, the Government believe that the standards now generally attained by our pupils are neither as good as they can be, or as good as they will need to be for the 21st century. The Government's education policies, such as those set out for England and Wales in the White paper "Better Schools" (Cmnd. 9469), aim at improving standards for all levels of ability and securing the best possible return from the national resources invested in our schools.