Orders of the Day — Comprehensive Schools

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 2 March 1966.

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Photo of Mr Angus Maude Mr Angus Maude , Stratford-on-Avon 12:00, 2 March 1966

It strikes me as a somewhat odd bipartisan policy which the hon. Gentleman is representing to the Opposition. What sort of bipartisan policy is it which says that so long as we agree with changes to the comprehensive principle, even when we believe they are wrong, that is all right, but that in no circumstances must his party yield an inch in the comprehensive system, even when local authorities want to?