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Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 4:04 pm on 23 July 1987.

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Photo of Mr Dale Campbell-Savours Mr Dale Campbell-Savours , Workington 4:04, 23 July 1987

In the light of the calls he made in his statement for local authorities to address the 0·75 per cent. drift in manpower which he identified last year, is the Secretary of State saying that local authorities such as Cumbria should not appoint social workers to pursue people who abuse children, should not appoint lollypop ladies, teachers for nursery schools, and the people who play a vital part in underpinning every community? Why should they not have the right to appoint those people when they know that the general public want those appointments made?