Nursery Education: England and Wales

Part of Orders of the Day — EDUCATION (No. 2) BILL – in the House of Commons at 3:40 pm on 12 February 1980.

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Photo of Mr Mark Carlisle Mr Mark Carlisle , Runcorn 3:40, 12 February 1980

I do not accept that argument. I was trying to explain why I believe that it has come about that, although there is a duty of the kind provided in the 1944 Act, no one has ever looked at or debated the matter of nursery education other than in the terms of there being a general power. We are dealing with children below compulsory school age and there is no requirement on the parents to send such children to school. Although there is a general requirement to provide sufficient schools, it is impossible to say what the level of provision should be.