School-Leaving Age

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Education – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 14 May 1964.

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Photo of Mr Quintin Hogg Mr Quintin Hogg , St Marylebone 12:00, 14 May 1964

I am not sure that I would accept the first premise of the hon. Gentleman's supplementary question. I am advised that this is a genuine difference in parental attitudes and social traditions rather than a question of quantitative provision, but it was, of course, precisely for this reason that we decided to raise the school-leaving age.