§ Mr. StrawTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether, further to his answer to the hon. Member for Ealing, North (Mr. Greenway) of 23 May,Official Report, column 13, he has now obtained a complete copy of the MacDonald inquiry into Burnage high school; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerI have received a copy of the published report from Manchester city council and have placed copies in the Library. I have not seen a copy of the complete text. I consider that the report raises issues of public interest and should be published in full, unless the council can demonstrate overwhelming arguments to the contrary. I do not believe that considered conclusions can be drawn on the basis of the present severely foreshortened report. Accordingly I have asked the council for a clear statement of the specific difficulties which it sees in publishing the report in full and why these cannot be met if necessary by excising only particular and limited passages.