Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Education – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 8 December 1949.
Mr George Tomlinson
, Farnworth
12:00,
8 December 1949
That depends on the number of children and the number of parents who are anxious. If a standard is assumed it is difficult to determine which of the children whose parents are anxious that they should enter should fill the vacancies. In the old days vacancies were filled by paying for the child irrespective of its ability.