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Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 11:31 pm on 1 March 2012.

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Photo of Derek Twigg Derek Twigg Labour, Halton 11:31, 1 March 2012

May we go back to the schools capital programme? I urge the Leader of the House to provide an urgent debate on that. He will recall that the Building Schools for the Future programme was cut in the early months of his Government and a promise was made to introduce a new capital programme scheme. We were expecting an announcement before now, but I understand from reports yesterday that it is some six months away. That is a long time, given that we are now in March 2012. The matter is important to my constituents, who are concerned about their schools getting investment.