Education (Report of the Central Advisory Council)

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 21 March 1960.

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Photo of Sir Douglas Glover Sir Douglas Glover , Ormskirk 12:00, 21 March 1960

I suggest that that is slightly unfair to a lot of the hon. Member's colleagues. I do not think that anyone on either side who has been talking about the voluntary principle has spoken in terms of the boy or girl making up his or her own mind, but of doing exactly what the hon. Member suggests—letting the parents make up their children's minds for them.