Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Wales – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 31 October 1988.
Would the Minister care to visit some schools in Mid-Glamorgan where, as was admitted in the HMI report, because stock is very old, and because of the problems of the mining valleys, replacement and maintenance costs are very high? Will the Minister consider giving Mid-Glamorgan extra funds, given that his own inspectors say that it has a problem in dealing with the stock? Let me cite one example from the constituency of my hon. Friend the Member for Ogmore (Mr. Powell). At Nantyffyllon, the Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg TyDerwen school needed £150,000 to repair its boundary walls. Will the Minister provide extra money for the councils?