§ Mr. JamiesonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) if she intends to meet a cross-party delegation from Devon concerning education funding during March; [16397]
(2) when she expects to respond to the two recent letters from the hon. Member for Plymouth, Devonport, requesting an urgent meeting about education cuts in Devon; [16398]
(3) if she will list the names of Conservative hon. Members from Devon and Cornwall who have written to her regarding education cuts in those counties; and when she last met Conservative hon. Members from Devon and Cornwall to discuss education budgets.[16399]
§ Mr. Robin SquireMy right hon. Friend met cross-party delegations of Members from Devon to discuss education funding on 22 March and from Cornwall on 9 February 1995.
We are aware of one outstanding letter from the hon. Member to which my right hon. Friend will reply shortly.
My right hon. Friend and I have received letters on education funding in Devon and Cornwall from the following Conservative Members:
Mr. Rupert Allason, Mrs. Angela Browning, Mr. Sebastian Coe, Sir Peter Emery, Dame Janet Fookes, Sir John Hannam, Mr. Robert Hicks, Mr. Patrick Nichols, Mrs. Emma Nicholson, Mr. Anthony Steen and Mr. Gary Streeter.