Orders of the Day — Education

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 3 November 1978.

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Photo of Mr Gordon Oakes Mr Gordon Oakes , Widnes 12:00, 3 November 1978

Indeed, I do not think that it was possible to answer it. How do we put 800 applicants into a school which holds only 300? It is impossible to do that unless we destroy the very school which is so popular by overcrowding it.